TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
滯
滯 ＝ 氵 ＋ 帶
ㄓˋ · zhì
verb — to be held up, stagnate; to detain, linger
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
IFdài → zhì — initial and rhyme both shift
Water (氵) that will not move on — to stagnate. 帶 dài carries the sound, the hung-sash graph, the reading worn well off the donor. From standing water, anything held up and unable to go forward: 停滯、滯留、滯銷.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
溝裡的水不流了（氵），浮著一層綠——滯。
The water in the ditch has stopped moving (氵), a green film over it — stagnant.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)停滯、淤滯— to stagnate, be held up常用
→滯留、滯礙— to be detained, hindered
⇒滯銷、呆滯— slow-selling; dull, sluggish
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension