TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
末
ㄇㄛˋ · mò
noun — the end, the tip
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A tree (木) with one long stroke laid across its top: the tip, the far end. The same mark at the foot writes 本, the root. From treetop to every last stretch: 週末、月末、期末.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
貓爬到樹（木）最頂的細枝上，再上去就沒有了。
The cat climbs to the tree's (木) topmost twig — past that, nothing.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)樹梢— the treetop
→末、末端— the end of anything常用
⇒週末、期末— the closing stretch — week's end, term's end
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension