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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
疆 character · TOCFL 5 (est.)
疆 ＝ 弓 ＋ 畺 ＋ 土
ㄐㄧㄤ · jiāng
noun — a border, a frontier; territory

字源 FORM — what the parts do

弓義a bow — used here as the surveyor's measuring rodbows once measured land
畺聲jiāng — gives the sound, exacttwo fields (畕) with three boundary lines drawn between them
土義earth, land — set beneath, the ground being bounded
Two fields (畕) with the boundary strokes drawn between them is 畺 — the line that divides land. A bow (弓), the rod that measured the ground, was added beside it, and 土 (earth) beneath: the surveyed border, 邊疆、疆界. 畺 carries the sound.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩塊田（畕）之間畫好界線，拿弓（弓）一段段量過去，到哪兒是哪兒。
Between two fields (畕) the line is drawn; a bow (弓) paces it off, length by length — this far and no farther.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)疆界、邊疆— a border, a frontier常用
→疆土、疆域— territory, the bounded land
→萬壽無疆— without limit — the boundary pushed to none
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
彊qiángthe lookalike — 彊 is an old form of 強 (strong); 疆 adds 土 and means the border