TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
籍
籍 ＝ 竹 ＋ 耤
ㄐㄧˊ · jí
noun — register, record, book; native place, membership
字源 FORM — what the parts do
耤聲jí — gives the sounda hand and plow working a field
Bamboo slips (竹) bound into a record; 耤 jí, ploughing a field, carries the sound. From the bound slips comes every ledger — 書籍、戶籍 — and where your name is registered: 籍貫、國籍.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一片片竹簡（竹）穿成冊，名字一筆筆登上去——這就是你的籍。
Bamboo slips (竹) threaded into a roll, each name written down — this is your register.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)書籍、典籍— a book, a record常用
→戶籍、國籍— household / nationality register
⇒籍貫、原籍— one's registered native place
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension