TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
龜
ㄍㄨㄟ · guī
noun — turtle, tortoise
字源 FORM — what the parts do
龜形a turtle seen from the side — head, shell, legs, tail
The whole sign is one turtle drawn side-on: head out front, the ridged shell in the middle, legs and tail around it. 說文: 外骨內肉者也 — bone outside, flesh within. The picture is the animal entire: 烏龜、海龜.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻龜（龜）側著身，背上甲殼一格一格——縮起頭就不動了。
A turtle (龜) seen from the side, shell ridged into segments — pull in the head and it goes still.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)烏龜、龜— turtle, tortoise常用
→龜裂— to crack like a shell's segments
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
黽mǐnthe lookalike — 黽 is a frog seen head-on, a turtle from the side with its shell ridged