TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
系
系 ＝ 丿 ＋ 糸
ㄒㄧˋ · xì
noun — system, lineage; a department
字源 FORM — what the parts do
丿形the worn trace of a hand, above the threads
糸義silk thread
A hand — worn down to the top stroke (丿) — lifts a skein, and the silk (糸) hangs joined in one line. From threads that hang together: lineage (世系), the joined whole (系統), one line of study (科系).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手一提，絲（糸）整串垂下來——頭尾相連，一條線到底。
The hand lifts; the silk (糸) hangs in one run — end joined to end, a single line down.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)懸絲、相連— threads hung joined — to connect
→世系、系統— lineage; a system — the joined whole常用
⇒科系— a department — one line of study
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension