TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
略
ㄌㄩㄝˋ · lüè
verb — to survey, mark out (land); noun — outline, strategy; adv — slightly, roughly
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{g,k,l}IFTgè → lüè — initial slips off the {g,k} velar onto l-
A field (田) and its boundaries marked out — 經略, to survey land and lay the lines. 各 gè carries the sound, the onset wandering far from g to l. From drawing the lines: an outline, a strategy (戰略), and the looseness of an outline — 大略, roughly, 略微, slightly.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊田（田），各（各）走一邊量地界——線一拉，地就分明了。
Over a field (田), each (各) man walks his side measuring the line — once it's drawn, the land is plain.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)經略、略地— to survey and mark out land
→大略、策略— outline; strategy
⇒略微、省略— slightly; to leave out常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension