TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
緣
緣 ＝ 糸 ＋ 彖
ㄩㄢˊ · yuán
noun — an edge, border; a connection, fate
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義silk, thread
彖聲tuàn — gives the sounda pig's head, snout and all
IFtuàn → yuán — initial and final both move
A thread (糸) run along the rim of a garment — the hemmed border. 彖 tuàn carries the sound. From the edge (邊緣) comes the thread that binds two people together: a tie, an affinity, a fate — 緣分、因緣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一條線（糸）沿著衣襟的邊縫一圈——這就是緣。
A thread (糸) sewn all along the edge of the robe — that border is the 緣.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)衣緣、邊緣— the hem; an edge常用
→緣分、因緣— affinity; fated connection常用
⇒緣故— a reason — what one thing hangs on
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension