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住
住 ＝ 亻 ＋ 主
ㄓㄨˋ · zhù
verb — to live somewhere; to stop, hold fast
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
Tzhǔ → zhù — only the tone bends
A person (亻) come to a stop — staying. 主 gives the sound, tone bent from zhǔ; its old graph is a lampflame on its stand. Stopping turns to dwelling — 住在台北 — and after a verb it holds things fast: 記住、站住.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天黑了，趕路的人（亻）看見一盞燈（主），就在燈下停了腳。
Dark falls; the traveler (亻) sees a lamp (主) — and stops beneath it for the night.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)停住— to stop, stay put
→住、居住— to live somewhere常用
⇒記住、抓住— held fast — the after-verb grip
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension