TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
關
關 ＝ 門 ＋ 𢇅
ㄍㄨㄢ · guān
verb — to close, shut; noun — a pass
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𢇅聲guān — gives the soundtwo skeins threaded on a rod — the bar run through
A bar run through the gate (門) — 𢇅 guān, two loops threaded on a rod, sounds it and pictures it: to bar, to close. The barred point on a road is the pass, 關口、海關; what the bar ties together, 關係、相關.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天黑了，他把橫木穿過兩扇門（門）——咔，今天到此為止。
Dark falls; he slides the bar through the gate's two leaves (門) — clack, the day is shut.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)關閉、關門— to bar, to shut常用
→關口、海關— a pass, a checkpoint — the barred gate on the road
→關係、有關— to connect, concern — tied through the same bar常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension