TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
銘
ㄇㄧㄥˊ · míng
verb — to inscribe; to engrave in the mind
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Cutting a name (名) into metal (金) — to inscribe a bronze. 名 carries the sound exactly, and lends its own idea of a name set down to last. From the cast inscription comes the vow kept in memory: 銘記、座右銘.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
鑿子在青銅（金）上一筆筆刻下名字（名）——千年不掉。
A chisel cuts a name (名) into bronze (金), stroke by stroke — set to outlast the centuries.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)銘文、銘刻— an inscription; to engrave常用
→銘記— to engrave in the mind常用
⇒座右銘— a motto — the words at your right hand
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension