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鍛 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
鍛 ＝ 金 ＋ 段
ㄉㄨㄢˋ · duàn
verb — to forge, hammer metal

字源 FORM — what the parts do

金義metal
段聲duàn — gives the sounda hand with a hammer striking a cliff-face of rock
說文 reads it 小冶——the smith's work. Metal (金) underlies it; 段 duàn carries the sound exactly, and its own picture of a hand striking stone fits the hammer-blow. To forge: 鍛造, 鍛鐵, and 鍛鍊, to forge body or will.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

鐵燒紅了，鎚子一下下砸在金（金）上——段（段）裡那隻手，正落槌。
The iron glowing red, the hammer falling blow on blow against the metal (金) — the very hand inside 段, striking.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鍛造、鍛鐵— to forge, hammer metal常用
→鍛鍊— to temper — body or will常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
段duànthe sound donor — the hand-strikes-stone graph, before 金煉liànthe forge-partner — 煉 tempers with fire 火, 鍛 hammers with 金