TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
赴
赴 ＝ 走 ＋ 卜
ㄈㄨˋ · fù
verb — to go to, head for, attend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卜聲bǔ — gives the sounda crack split in a divining bone
IF≠bǔ → fù — the donor's sound has slid far off
Legs going (走) toward a fixed place — to head for, to attend. 卜 bǔ stands at the side for sound, the reading much diverged. 赴約、奔赴、赴湯蹈火.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
約好了，抬腿（走）就往那邊去——赴。
The time is set; he picks up his legs (走) and heads straight there — to go to.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)前往、奔赴— to go to, head for常用
→赴約、赴會— to keep an appointment, attend
⇒赴湯蹈火— to brave any danger
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension