TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
逝
逝 ＝ 辵 ＋ 折
ㄕˋ · shì
verb — to pass away; to go by (of time, life)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辵義to walk, to go (辶)
IFTzhé → shì — the whole reading shifted off the donor
A walking foot (辶) leaving — 逝 is to go on past and not return: time slips by, a life passes away. 折 zhé carries the sound, worn to shì. What is gone the way 逝 means it does not come back.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
腳步（辶）一路向前，再沒回頭——逝去了。
The footstep (辶) goes forward and never turns back — passed on.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)逝去、消逝— to go by, pass away常用
→逝世— to die, to pass away
⇒流逝— to slip by (of time)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension