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TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
繞 character · B2
繞 ＝ 糸 ＋ 堯
ㄖㄠˋ · rào
verb — to wind around, circle, detour

字源 FORM — what the parts do

糸義silk thread — what gets wound
堯聲yáo — gives the soundmounds heaped high (垚) on a person (兀): towering up
IFTyáo → rào — the sound drifted off the donor
Thread (糸) wound round and round — to coil, to entwine. 堯 yáo carries the sound, worn to rào. From winding thread, going round a thing, then going the long way: 環繞、繞圈、繞道.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一條線（糸）繞著手指一圈一圈纏上去——繞。
A thread (糸) wound round a finger, loop over loop, climbing — to wind around.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)纏繞— to wind, entwine常用
→環繞、繞圈— to circle, surround常用
⇒繞道、繞行— to detour, go around常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
撓＝ 扌 ＋ 堯náosame 堯, but a hand 扌 for scratching/bending; 繞 takes thread 糸 for winding堯yáothe phonetic alone — high mounds over a person