TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
事
ㄕˋ · shì
noun — matter, affair; task
字源 FORM — what the parts do
事形a hand gripping a tally-staff — drawn whole
A hand grips the staff of a tally — the task one is charged with. Three characters grow from this one graph: 事 the task, 史 the scribe who records it, 吏 the official who carries it out. From the duty: any matter at all — 事情, 故事, 軍事.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手握住杆子，名冊掛在上頭——差事接下來了。
The hand closes on the staff, the roster hung from it — the task is taken up.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)職事、差事— duty, task
→事情— a matter, an affair常用
⇒出事、事故— an incident — the matter gone wrong
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension