TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 詞
孩子
ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗ · háizi
noun — child; children
字源 FORM — what the parts do
孩child (孩子的孩)hái子 (child) at left; 亥 hài gives the sound (drifted to hái) — the old word once meant the laughter of an infant
子child; son (兒子的子)zi
孩子,孩子的孩,兒子的子。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
子(子)是裹著布的嬰兒;孩(孩)是那孩子的笑聲——兩個字疊在一起,就是孩子。
子 is the swaddled infant. 孩 (子+亥) once meant the laughter of a small child — the sound donor 亥 drifted to hái, but the laughter stayed.
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