entries → 賭
TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
character · B2 (est.)
賭 =
ㄉㄨˇ · dǔ
verb — to gamble, bet

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a cowrie — money put at stake
zhě — gives the sounda marker word, written as a person and a sign
IFzhě → dǔ — the donor's sound has slid far off
Money (貝) laid on the table to risk on an outcome — to gamble. 者 zhě sits beside it for sound, the reading much diverged. 賭博、賭注、賭錢.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

把錢()往桌上一推,押了——賭。
The money (貝) shoved out onto the table, staked on a turn — to gamble.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)賭博、打賭— to gamble, bet常用
賭注、賭本— a stake, betting money
賭氣— to act out of pique, in a huff
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension