TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
汁
汁 ＝ 氵 ＋ 十
ㄓ · zhī
noun — juice, sap, fluid pressed from something
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water — a liquid
IF≠shí → zhī — the two sat close in old readings, then split wide
Water (氵) sets this among liquids. 十, in the old readings, lent the sound — shí and zhī sat near each other then and have since pulled far apart. The char names the liquid wrung out of a thing: 果汁 fruit juice, 肉汁 meat juices.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一捏（十劃十下），水（氵）就滲出來——汁。
Press it down (氵 the water, 十 the squeeze) and the fluid seeps out — juice.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)果汁、肉汁— juice, sap常用
→墨汁— ink fluid — any pressed-out liquid
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension