TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
且
ㄑㄧㄝˇ · qiě
conj/adv — moreover; for the time being
字源 FORM — what the parts do
且形rendered bare — the old graph carries two tellings
The old graph carries two tellings: the ancestral tablet on its stand — the original of 祖 — or the sacrificial stand stacked with offerings, kin to 俎. Both stand in the shrine. The everyday word borrowed the graph: 而且、並且, and the meanwhile of 暫且.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
祠堂裡，牌位（且）一層一層架上去，最上面那一塊，漆都舊了。
In the shrine the tablets (且) rise tier on tier; the topmost one, its lacquer gone dull.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)祖先牌位— the ancestral tablet — the old form of 祖
(假借)而且、並且— moreover常用
(假借)暫且、姑且— for the time being
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension