TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
辭
辭 ＝ 𤔔 ＋ 辛
ㄘˊ · cí
noun — words, diction; verb — to decline, take leave
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𤔔義hands drawing out and ordering tangled silk
Hands sorting tangled silk (𤔔) beside 辛, the legal knife. Words ordered for a courtroom — the plea, the testimony. From the sorted plea came speech itself, then the leaving of it: 言辭、辭職、告辭.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一團亂絲，雙手（𤔔）一根根理順，旁邊那把刀（辛）等著判。
A snarl of silk; the hands (𤔔) draw it straight thread by thread, the knife (辛) waiting to judge.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)訟、辭— a plea, ordered legal words
→言辭、辭典— words, diction常用
⇒辭職、告辭— to decline; to take leave
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension