TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
隊
隊 ＝ 阝 ＋ 㒸
ㄉㄨㄟˋ · duì
noun — a team; a file of people
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阝義a hill (阜)
㒸聲suì — gives the sound
I≠suì → duì — an old crossing outside the families
The mound (阝) on the left is a hill; 㒸 suì carries the sound, worn to duì. The first word is falling from the height — that sense later took 土 and became 墜; what stayed in 隊 is the file: people drawn up in a line, 軍隊、排隊.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
山坡（阝）的小路上，一個跟著一個，排成一條線往下走。
Down the hill path (阝), one behind another — a single moving line.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)從高處墜落— to fall from a height — now written 墜
(假借)隊伍、軍隊— a file, a troop常用
→排隊、球隊— to line up; a team
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
墜zhuìthe falling sense, re-weighted with 土隧＝ ＋ 遂suìthe same hill and — the tunnel through it