TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
屬
屬 ＝ 尾 ＋ 蜀
ㄕㄨˇ · shǔ/zhǔ
verb — to belong to; (zhǔ) to join, attach
字源 FORM — what the parts do
蜀聲shǔ — gives the sound
A tail (尾) joined onto the body — what is fastened on, what belongs. 蜀 shǔ carries the sound. From the attached tail come 屬於 and 家屬; read zhǔ, it is the joining itself — 屬文 (to compose, to string words together).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
尾巴（尾）長在身上，怎麼也分不開——牠就屬於這身子。
The tail (尾) grows from the body, never to be pulled free — it belongs to it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
shǔ
(本義)連、歸屬— to be joined to; to belong
→屬於、家屬— to belong to; family members常用
zhǔ
(引申)連接、屬文— to join; to compose
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension