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繡 character · TOCFL 6 (est.)
繡 ＝ 糸 ＋ 肅
ㄒㄧㄡˋ · xiù
verb/noun — to embroider; embroidery

字源 FORM — what the parts do

糸義colored silk thread
肅聲sù — gives the sound, worn across the initiala hand drawing a careful line, steady and exact
{s,x}Isù → xiù — the s-to-x crossing
Colored silk (糸) worked into a pattern; 肅 sù, the steady careful hand, carries the sound, worn to xiù. Stitching pictures into cloth: 刺繡、繡花.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一針彩絲（糸），手穩穩地（肅）落下——花就繡在布上了。
A stitch of colored silk (糸), the hand steady and exact (肅) — and the flower is set into the cloth.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)刺繡、繡花— to embroider; embroidery常用
→錦繡、文繡— richly embroidered work; ornament
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
綉xiùthe variant — same word, a simpler right side肅sùthe sound donor bare — add the silk 糸 for the embroidery