醋 (cù) — vinegar; (吃醋) jealousy

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醋 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

醋＝酉＋昔

ㄘㄨˋ · cù

noun — vinegar; (吃醋) jealousy

字源 FORM — what the parts do

酉義a wine jar — the ferment

昔聲xī — gives the soundpiled days (日) under stacked layers — long ago

IFTxī → cù — worn far from the donor

Wine (酉) left to turn — fermentation soured into vinegar. 昔 xī, "former days," carries the sound, worn far to cù. The taste lent a feeling: 吃醋, to swallow vinegar, is to be jealous.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一甕酒（酉）擱了好些日子（昔），開蓋一聞——酸了，成醋了。

A jar of wine (酉) left standing many days (昔) — you lift the lid and it has turned sour: vinegar.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)醋— vinegar常用

→吃醋— jealousy — to swallow vinegar常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension