TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
囑
ㄓㄨˇ · zhǔ
verb — to enjoin, instruct, entrust
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Ishǔ → zhǔ — the retroflex initial shifts sh to zh
The mouth (口) speaks and 屬 shǔ carries the sound, sh shifted to zh. 屬 means to attach — words you fasten onto someone before you part: 囑咐、叮囑、託囑.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
臨走前一句句叮嚀（口），全繫（屬）在他身上——再三囑咐。
Before parting, word after word (口) fastened (屬) onto him — enjoining, again and again.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)囑咐、叮囑— to enjoin, instruct常用
→託囑、囑託— to entrust
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension