TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
追
追 ＝ 辶 ＋ 𠂤
ㄓㄨㄟ · zhuī
verb — to chase, pursue; to recall, seek
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walk — a road and a foot
𠂤聲duī — gives the sounda small mound, worn into the right-hand block
Iduī → zhuī — the d shifts to zh, the rhyme holds
The walk (辶) and 𠂤 duī, a small mound — its old shape now flattened into the right-hand block of the character. To walk hard after someone — to chase. From the chase came pursuit and recall: 追趕、追求、追憶. 𠂤 lends the sound, the same root under 堆、隊、墜.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
前面的人一跑，他撒腿（辶）就追，越追越近。
The one ahead breaks into a run; he tears off (辶) after him, closing the gap.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)追趕、追逐— to chase, pursue常用
→追求、追夢— to pursue, seek after
⇒追憶、追悼— to recall; to mourn
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension