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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
翅 character · TOCFL 4 (est.)
翅 ＝ 羽 ＋ 支
ㄔˋ · chì
noun — wing; fin (in cooking)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

羽義feathers — a pair of wings
支聲zhī — gives the sound, worn across initial and tonea hand holding a branch, a limb that juts out
{zh,ch}ITzhī → chì — the zh-to-ch crossing, tone too
Feathers (羽) on a limb that juts from the body (支) — the wing. 支 zhī carries the sound, worn to chì. What spreads to fly: 翅膀、展翅 — and the fin shaped like it: 魚翅.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

鳥兒一抖，兩排羽毛（羽）順著伸出的肢（支）張開——飛了。
The bird shivers and the two rows of feathers (羽) spread along the outstretched limb (支) — and it flies.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)翅膀— wing常用
→展翅、插翅— to spread the wings
⇒魚翅— a fin (as food)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
翼yìthe wing partner — 翼 sets feathers 羽 over 異, 翅 over 支; both are wings支zhīthe sound donor bare — add the feathers 羽 for the wing