TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
街
街 ＝ 行 ＋ 圭
ㄐㄧㄝ · jiē
noun — street, avenue
字源 FORM — what the parts do
圭聲guī — gives the soundtwo earth 土 stacked — a jade tablet
{g,j}Iguī → jiē — the g softens to j before the front vowel
行 wraps a crossroads around 圭: a road where ways meet — the street. 圭 guī carries the sound, the g softened to j. Set 圭 between the two halves of 行 and you have where the town walks: 街道、大街.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
十字路（行）正中嵌著一塊玉圭（圭）——人從四個方向走到街心。
A crossroads (行) with a jade tablet (圭) set dead center — people walking in from all four ways to the street.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)街、街衢— a main road, thoroughfare
→街道、大街— street, avenue常用
⇒街市— the market quarter
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension