TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
新聞
ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ · xīnwén
noun — news; news media; journalism
字源 FORM — what the parts do
新new; fresh (全新的新)xīn辛 (bitter stalk/hardship) + 木 (tree) + 斤 (axe) — freshly cut timber; something newly made
聞to hear; news (見聞的聞)wén門 (gate) + 耳 (ear) — an ear pressed to the gate, listening; to hear what comes through
新聞，全新的新，見聞的聞。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
斧（斤）剛砍下木（木）——新。耳朵（耳）貼著門（門）——聞。新聞，剛從外面傳進來的。
The axe strikes fresh timber (新: 辛+木+斤, newly cut) and the ear presses to the gate (聞: 耳+門, listening for what arrives) — news is what comes freshly to the waiting ear.
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