TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
社
社 ＝ 礻 ＋ 土
ㄕㄜˋ · shè
noun — society, association; shrine of the soil
字源 FORM — what the parts do
礻義an altar — the spirit radical
An altar (礻) to the soil (土) — the god of the village land, and the festival held around it. The gathering at the altar became the gathering itself: 社會、社團、報社.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
村口的土（土）壇（礻）擺上供品，全村的人都來了。
Offerings set on the village earth-altar (礻土) — and the whole village comes.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)土地神、社壇— the soil god and its altar
→社會— society — the gathering grown to everyone常用
→社團、報社— association; press house
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension