TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
稚
稚 ＝ 禾 ＋ 隹
ㄓˋ · zhì
adj — young, childish, tender
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義a grain plant — the tender young shoot
隹聲zhuī — gives the sounda short-tailed bird
IFzhuī → zhì — the sound shifted
Grain (禾) and 隹 zhuī for sound — the young, late-sown grain, tender and not yet grown. From the green shoot came everything young and childish: 幼稚, 稚嫩, 稚氣. 隹 carries the sound, worn from zhuī to zhì.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
田裡剛冒頭的嫩苗（禾），又小又軟。
In the field a young shoot (禾) just breaks ground, small and soft.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)稚、幼苗— young grain, tender shoot
→幼稚、稚嫩— young, tender常用
⇒稚氣、稚子— childish; a small child
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
隹zhuīthe bare phonetic, a short-tailed bird — 稚 sets grain beside it雅＝ ＋ 牙yǎshares the bird — 雅 pairs it with 牙; 稚 with grain