TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
就
ㄐㄧㄡˋ · jiù
adv — then, right away; only; verb — to go to, take up
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A tall hall (京) and 尤, the one that stands out: climbing to the high place — to go to, to take up (就任、遷就). From arrival comes immediacy — the step already taken: 就來、就是.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
坡上的高樓（京）就在前面，他一步一步走上去。
The tall hall (京) on the rise is just ahead; he climbs to it, step by step.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)就任、遷就— to go to, to take up
→就— then, right away常用
⇒就是— exactly — it is just
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension