TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
鑲
ㄒㄧㄤ · xiāng
verb — to inlay, set, edge (鑲嵌, 鑲邊)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Metal (金) with 襄 xiāng for the sound, and 襄 already pictures things packed inside a wrapping. Metal that wraps and packs a thing in place — a gem set into a ring, a border run along an edge: 鑲嵌、鑲邊.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
金邊(金)把寶石裹進、卡牢(襄)——鑲住了。
A rim of metal (金) wraps the gem and locks it in place (襄) — set fast.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鑲嵌— to inlay, set in常用
→鑲邊、鑲牙— to edge; to cap (a tooth)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
襄xiāngthe phonetic, bare — wrapping things in; 鑲 makes the wrapper metal 攘rǎngthe sibling — a hand 扌 instead of metal, pushing away