TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
贏
贏 ＝ 貝
ㄧㄥˊ · yíng
verb — to win, gain, profit
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A cowrie (貝) sits low at the center — money gained, the round come out ahead, to win. 贏家、贏球、贏錢.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一局終了，攤開手——正中一枚貝（貝），贏了。
The round ends, the hand opens — a cowrie (貝) at the center of it: a win.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)贏、贏得— to win, gain常用
→贏家、贏球— the winner; to win a game常用
⇒贏利— to profit, turn a gain
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
輸shūthe opposite — 輸 carries 車 for what is carted away and lost; 贏 keeps for what is won赢yíngthe simplified body — same shell at the center