TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
撤
ㄔㄜˋ · chè
verb — to withdraw, pull back; to remove, revoke
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
育形the right side,育 over 攵 — the body of 徹 (chè) with its 彳 droppedwhat's left no longer reads as 徹 on its own
攵聲the tail of 徹 chè (to go through); gives the sound through that kinship撤 borrows 徹's reading
The hand (扌) draws a thing back out — to withdraw, to remove. The right side is 徹 chè (to go all the way through) with its road-radical 彳 dropped, and the reading comes through that kinship. So 撤退 pulls back, 撤銷 revokes, 撤離 clears out, 撤職 takes the post away.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一聲令下，手（扌）把布好的東西一樣樣往回收。
At the word, the hand (扌) gathers the laid-out things back in, one by one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)撤退、撤回— to withdraw, pull back常用
→撤銷、撤職— to revoke; to dismiss from office常用
⇒撤離、撤除— to clear out, remove
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension