TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
椅
ㄧˇ · yǐ
noun — a chair
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITqí → yǐ — the same road 倚 took
Wood (木) with 奇 for sound. First the name of a tree; when seats with backrests came in, people called them 倚子 — the lean-on thing — and the word settled onto this wooden graph: 椅子.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
他往後一靠，木（木）椅背吱一聲，穩穩接住了他。
He leans back; the wooden (木) chairback creaks once — and holds.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)椅— a tree's name
→椅子— the chair常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension