TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
織
織 = 糸 + 戠
ㄓ · zhī
verb — to weave
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義silk thread
戠聲zhí — gives the sound
Tzhí → zhī — tone only; 職 keeps zhí, 識 moves to shì
Silk (糸) with 戠 for sound — to weave. The shuttle's work names the cloth first (紡織、毛織), then the building of anything out of strands: 組織.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
梭子帶著線(糸)左右穿過,布一排一排長出來。
The shuttle carries the thread (糸) back and forth — the cloth grows row by row.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)織布、紡織— to weave常用
→組織— to organize — woven of people常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension