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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
址 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)
址 ＝ 土 ＋ 止
ㄓˇ · zhǐ
noun — site, location, foundation (地址)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

土義earth, ground — the base something stands on
止聲zhǐ — gives the readinga foot — where it comes to rest
Earth (土) and the sound 止 (zhǐ): the ground a thing is footed on. 止 began as a foot — the spot a foot stops is exactly the spot a building takes its stand, so the sound-piece does quiet double duty. From the footing come the site and the address (地址、廠址、遺址). The older spelling is 阯, with the mound 阜 instead of plain earth.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻腳（止）停在土（土）上——就在這裡落腳，這塊地就是址。
A foot (止) halts on the earth (土) — it takes its stand right here; this patch of ground is 址.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)基址、遺址— foundation, base; site
→地址、廠址— address; location常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
止zhǐthe sound donor, standing alone — to stop; a foot趾zhǐshares 止 too — the toe (the foot kept its body 足)