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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
交通 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)
交通 =
ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ · jiāotōng
noun — traffic; transportation; transit system

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to cross, to exchange (交換的交)jiāoa figure with legs crossed — the crossing point; to exchange, to deliver, to intersect
to pass through, to connect (通道的通)tōng辶(movement/path) + 甬(yǒng, a passage; phonetic) — movement through a passage; 甬 gives the sound
交通,交換的交,通道的通。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩條路叉在這裡(),車子來來去去穿過去()——人車流過的那個點就是
Two paths crossing (交), vehicles flowing through (通) — where crossing becomes flow, that is traffic.
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