TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
撰
撰 ＝ 扌 ＋ 巽
ㄓㄨㄢˋ · zhuàn
verb — to compose, write, compile (a text)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand — the one that writes
巽聲xùn — to set out in order; gives the sound
{j,q,x}/{zh,ch,sh}IF巽 xùn → 撰 zhuàn — the palatal onset {j,q,x} hardens to the retroflex {zh,ch,sh}; ün opens to uan
A hand (扌) plus 巽 (xùn), which pictures things set out in order — together, the hand that arranges words in order: to compose, to write up (撰文, 撰寫, 撰述). The sound shifted hard from xùn to zhuàn, the palatal onset stiffening to a retroflex.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（扌）把字句一條條排好（巽）——撰成一篇。
A hand (扌) lays the lines out in order (巽) — and writes the piece up.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)撰寫、撰文— to compose, write, compile常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
選＝ 辶 ＋ xuǎnthe lookalike — 辶 not ; the same , but to choose巽xùnthe sound piece — the trigram of setting in order