TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
遲
遲 ＝ 辶 ＋ 犀
ㄔˊ · chí
adj/verb — slow; late; to delay
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義walking, going (辵)
犀聲xī — gives the sounda rhinoceros — heavy, slow-footed
IFxī → chí — the reading shifts well off the donor
Walking (辶) at a heavy, dragging pace — slow, late. 犀 xī, the rhinoceros, carries the sound (worn to chí) and its lumbering tread; copying squeezed it down so the rhino no longer shows whole. From the slow gait: 遲到、遲緩、遲疑.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
像犀牛（犀）那樣沉重地走（辶）——慢吞吞，遲到了。
Plodding along (辶) with a rhino's weight (犀) — slow, and late.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)緩慢、徐行— slow, unhurried
→遲到、遲了— late, behind time常用
→遲疑、遲延— to hesitate; to delay常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
犀xīthe phonetic alone — the whole rhinoceros; in 遲 it is crushed down and half-hidden運＝ ＋ 軍yùna same-frame lookalike — 運 packs 軍, meaning to move, transport