TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
軍
軍 ＝ 冖 ＋ 車
ㄐㄩㄣ · jūn
noun — army; military
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冖義the ring of the camp — worn from 勹, an encircling wrap
War chariots (車) wheeled into a circle (勹, copied flat into 冖) — the encircled camp is the army. From the camp: 軍隊 the troops, 軍人 the soldier, 軍事 the business of war.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天黑了，戰車（車）一輛接一輛繞成圈（冖），火堆生在圈裡。
Dusk: the chariots (車) wheel one after another into a ring (冖), fires lit inside.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)圍起的軍營；軍隊— the encircled camp; the army常用
→軍事、軍人— military — of war
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension