TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
都
都 ＝ 阝 ＋ 者
ㄉㄡ · dōu/dū
adv — all, every one; (dū) a capital city
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阝義a city — 邑 squeezed to the right edge
IFTzhě → dū — 者's family scatters: 都、堵、賭、豬
A city (阝) with 者 for sound — the capital, where everyone ends up. dū kept the city: 首都. dōu took the crowd and became the adverb that sweeps everyone in: 大家都來了.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
城門（阝）一開，四面八方的人——都進來了。
The city gate (阝) opens — people from every direction, all of them, come in.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
dū
(本義)首都、京都— the capital
dōu
(引申)都— all — every one of them常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension