TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
機
ㄐㄧ · jī
noun — machine; pivotal moment, chance
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Wood (木) with 幾 for sound — the trigger: the small worked piece that releases the crossbow, the part that drives the loom. From the trigger, the machine (機器、飛機); from the instant it trips, the moment and the chance — 時機、機會.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
指頭在木頭扳機（木）上輕輕一勾——滿弦的力氣全放出去了。
A finger curls on the wooden trigger (木) — and the whole drawn bow lets go at once.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)弩機、織機的機件— the trigger; the loom's works
→機器、飛機— machine常用
→機會、時機— the chance — the instant the trigger trips常用
→機關— the works; the agency
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension