TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
遞
遞 ＝ 辶 ＋ 虒
ㄉㄧˋ · dì
verb — to hand over, pass along, transmit; in turn, by degrees
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walk — a road and a foot
虒聲sī — gives the sounda horned tiger-beast
IFTsī → dì — a fresh d-onset, the rhyme and tone shift too
The walk (辶) and 虒 sī, a horned tiger-beast — the right-hand block of the character. To carry a thing along and pass it to the next — to hand over, to relay, each taking a turn. From the relay came doing-by-degrees: 傳遞、遞交、遞增. 虒 lends the sound, far worn from its old reading.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
隊伍裡一個接一個（辶），桶子從手到手，傳到火場前。
Down the line, hand to hand (辶), the bucket passes person to person up to the fire.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)傳遞、遞送— to hand over, relay常用
→遞交— to deliver, submit
⇒遞增、遞減— to increase, decrease by degrees
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
虒sīthe bare phonetic — 遞 adds the walk to the horned beast送sòngthe partner in delivering — 送 walks with 关, 遞 with