TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
瑣
瑣 ＝ 玉 ＋ 𤨏
ㄙㄨㄛˇ · suǒ
adj — trivial, petty; fragmentary, fussy
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𤨏聲suǒ — gives the soundsmall shells 貝 strung tiny — the same right side as in 鎖
Small jade beads (玉) chained together — tininess, trifling things. 𤨏 suǒ carries the sound, the very element that builds 鎖 (a lock, suǒ). From the small beads: 瑣碎, 瑣事, the fussy 繁瑣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一串小玉（玉）珠，顆顆細得不起眼——瑣。
A string of little jade (玉) beads, each too small to matter — trivial.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)細小— small, tiny常用
→瑣碎、瑣事— trivial; trifling matters常用
⇒繁瑣— fussy, over-complicated
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension