TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
閥
閥 ＝ 門 ＋ 伐
ㄈㄚˊ · fá
noun — a powerful family or faction; magnate (財閥, 軍閥)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
伐聲fá — gives the sounda man (亻) beside a halberd (戈) — striking, cutting down
A gate (門) with 伐 fá inside for the sound. 閥閱 were the merit-tablets a great house hung at its gate; the word slid to the house itself — the 門閥, the 財閥, the faction that holds the door.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
大門（門）兩側掛滿記功的牌子（伐）——這一家世代有勢力。
A great gate (門) hung with merit-tablets (伐) down both posts — a house that has held power for generations.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)閥閱— the merit-record at a clan's gate
→門閥、世閥— a powerful family line
⇒財閥、軍閥— a magnate or faction — money, arms常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
伐fáthe phonetic, standing alone — strike, cut down; 閥 wraps it in a gate 閘zháthe gate-lookalike — 閘 holds 甲 inside, 閥 holds