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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 詞
管轄 word · TOCFL 6 (est.)
管轄 =
ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ · guǎnxiá
verb — to have jurisdiction over; to administer

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to manage (管理)guǎn
the linchpin of a wheel; to govern (統轄)xiá車 cart, 害 hài gives the sound
管轄,管理的管,統轄的轄。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

車(車)軸頭插一根銷(),輪子跑不掉——歸這根著。
The pin (轄) driven through the axle of the cart (車): the wheel cannot wander off — it answers to the pin.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
guǎnlǐthe same — to managetǒngxiáthe same — to govern as a whole