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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
啟 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
啟 ＝ 戶 ＋ 口 ＋ 攵
ㄑㄧˇ · qǐ
verb — to open; to start; to enlighten

字源 FORM — what the parts do

戶義a single door leaf
口義a mouth — the word that bids it open
攵義a hand with a stick — the act of pushing, urging
A door leaf (戶), a mouth (口) speaking it open, a hand striking (攵) it ajar — together they write to open. From the swung door comes 啟動 (to start up) and 啟發 (to open a mind).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手持杖（攵）一推，門（戶）開了，口（口）跟著一聲——啟。
A hand with a stick (攵) pushes; the door leaf (戶) swings; the mouth (口) calls it open.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)開啟、啟封— to open常用
→啟動、啟程— to start up; to set out
⇒啟發、啟蒙— to enlighten, to teach
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
啓qǐthe variant — same word, same reading, the lower-left written differently戶hùthe door it opens — bare 戶 is the single leaf