TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
駝
ㄊㄨㄛˊ · tuó
noun — a camel; verb — to hunch, be bent (of the back)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A beast of burden marked with the horse radical (馬) and 它 tuó giving the sound. The pack-animal of the desert, the camel (駱駝). From the humps on its back: a back that humps over — to be hunched (駝背).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
沙漠裡那頭馱獸（馬）背上鼓起兩座峰，一步一步走過沙丘。
The pack-beast (馬) of the desert, two humps rising on its back, plodding over the dunes.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)駱駝— a camel常用
→駝背、駝峰— a hunched back; a camel's hump
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension