TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
急
ㄐㄧˊ · jí
adj/verb — urgent; anxious, in a hurry
字源 FORM — what the parts do
及聲jí — gives the sounda hand (又) reaching to catch a person from behind — to reach, to overtake; worn into the top now
The heart (心) sits at the bottom. Above it 及 jí gives the sound and its own picture — a hand grabbing the person ahead, to catch up — though copying flattened it into the top strokes. A heart straining to catch up: that is to be urgent, to be anxious. 著急、急事.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（及）拚命去抓前面的人，底下那顆心（心）也跟著揪緊——急。
A hand (及) lunges to seize the one ahead, and the heart (心) beneath clenches to match — urgency.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)急、著急— urgent; anxious, in a hurry常用
→急事、緊急— an emergency, a pressing matter常用
⇒急忙、急著— hurriedly — done in haste
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension