TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
運
運 = 辶 + 軍
ㄩㄣˋ · yùn
verb — to move, transport; noun — luck, fortune
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義a road and a foot — going
ITjūn → yùn — the initial falls away; tone shifts
The army (軍) on the road (辶) — wagons rolling: to move, to carry. 軍 jūn gives the sound, the initial worn off to yùn. From things in motion: 運動、運輸; and one's lot in motion: 運氣、命運.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
蓋著布的車(軍)一輛接一輛上路(辶),車轍壓出兩道深溝。
Covered wagons (軍) take the road (辶) one after another — the ruts cut two deep lines.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)運送、搬運— to move, transport
→運動— motion; sport常用
→運氣、命運— fortune — the turn of one's lot
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension