TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
趨
趨 ＝ 走 ＋ 芻
ㄑㄩ · qū
verb — to hasten toward, tend toward, incline
字源 FORM — what the parts do
芻聲chú — gives the soundgrass pulled up by the handful, fodder
ITchú → qū — the ch slides to q, tone shifts
Quick steps (走) leaning toward one direction — to hasten there, to tend that way. 芻 chú gives the sound, the initial slid to q. 趨勢、趨向、趨近.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一群人快步（走）都往同一頭去——大勢，趨。
A crowd quick-stepping (走) all toward the one direction — the way things tend, a trend.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)趨向、趨近— to hasten toward, approach常用
→趨勢— a trend, the way things tend常用
⇒趨炎附勢— to curry favor with the powerful
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
趣＝ ＋ 取qùthe lookalike — 趣 sets 取 over for interest, where one leans; 趨 sets over for hastening雛chúthe series — 雛 takes 隹 for a fledgling bird, sharing the sound