TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
協
協 ＝ 劦 ＋ 十
ㄒㄧㄝˊ · xié
verb — to cooperate, work together, harmonize
字源 FORM — what the parts do
劦義three plows (力) pulling as one
Three strengths (劦, three 力) bent to the same task, and 十 for the full count of them — the many in harmony, pulling as one: 協助、協調、協會. The picture is shoulders to one load.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
三股力（劦）使在一處，湊足了十（十）——眾人同心，協。
Three strengths (劦) bent to one task, the full ten (十) of them — many pulling as one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)協、同和— to harmonize, pull together
→協助、協調— to cooperate, coordinate常用
⇒協會、協定— an association; an accord
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
劦lièthe core standing alone — three 力 (strengths) joined; 協 adds for the many in concord脅＝ 月 ＋ xiéshares — 脅 sets it under flesh 月 for the ribs, the side; 協 sets it beside for cooperation