TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
務
務 ＝ 敄 ＋ 力
ㄨˋ · wù
noun/verb — task, affairs; to work at
字源 FORM — what the parts do
敄聲wù — gives the sound, an exact matcha spear (矛) and a striking hand (攵) — pressing forward
Strength (力) under 敄 wù — a spear and a striking hand pressing forward; the sound matches exactly. Effort aimed hard at one thing: to work at it (務農), and the thing worked at — the task (任務, 事務).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
矛（矛）握在手裡，一下一下往前——使的全是力（力）。
The spear (矛) in hand, stroke after stroke forward — all of it strength (力).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)致力、務農— to work at — strength aimed
→事務、任務— the task; affairs常用
⇒務必— must — the task brooking no slack
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension