TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
總
總 ＝ 糸 ＋ 悤
ㄗㄨㄥˇ · zǒng
verb — to gather, sum up; adj/adv — total; always
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義silk thread
悤聲cōng — gives the sounda heart 心 under a window-like 囪; the same element in 聰、蔥
{c,z}ITcōng → zǒng — the affricate fronts and the tone drops
Loose threads (糸) drawn together and bound into one bundle — that gathering is 總. 悤 carries the sound, cōng fronted to zǒng. From binding every strand into one, the senses "all, total" and "always": 總共、總是、總結.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一把散線（糸）抓攏，繩子一繞——全綁成了一束。
A fistful of loose threads (糸) gathered in, one tie around — and all of them are one bundle.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)聚束、總起來— to gather and bind together
→總共、總數— total, all of it常用
→總是— always常用
⇒總結、總之— to sum up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension