TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
遊
遊 ＝ 辶 ＋ 斿
ㄧㄡˊ · yóu
verb — to travel, roam; to tour
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the road — walking
斿聲yóu — gives the sound, exacta banner streaming over a child — the pennant's tail
The road (辶) underfoot, and 斿 — a banner streaming, its tail loose in the wind — giving the sound unchanged. Moving the way a pennant trails is 遊: 旅遊, 遊玩, 遊戲. Its water twin is 游 — the same drift, swimming.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
旗（斿）在前頭飄，路（辶）一段一段往後退——今晚走到哪裡算哪裡。
The banner (斿) streams ahead, the road (辶) slides away behind — tonight's stop is wherever the road ends.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)出遊、遨遊— to roam
→旅遊、遊客— to travel, tour常用
⇒遊戲— play — roaming for its own sake
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension