TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
圖
圖 ＝ 囗 ＋ 啚
ㄊㄨˊ · tú
noun/verb — picture, map, diagram; to plan, scheme
字源 FORM — what the parts do
囗義an enclosure — the bordered ground being mapped
啚聲tú — gives the reading, and means a hard tract to lay outa granary over a field — difficult ground
Inside the border (囗) sits 啚, which both gives the sound tú and means difficult ground — a granary set over a field, land hard to plan. 說文 reads the whole as 畫計難也, to plot out a difficult matter. From plotting on a bounded plane come the drawing and the map (地圖、圖畫), then the scheme behind them (企圖、意圖).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
框（囗）裡是一塊難擺弄的地（啚）——得先畫下來、量好了，才談得上謀劃。
Inside the frame (囗), a tract hard to handle (啚) — draw it, measure it, only then can you plan.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)圖謀、企圖— to plan, scheme常用
→圖畫、地圖— picture; map; diagram常用
⇒圖表、插圖— chart; illustration
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
圈＝ ＋ 卷quānthe lookalike — both ride the enclosure; 圈 pens a 卷 inside (a ring, a pen)鄙bǐshares — the difficult outlands (a border town, the rustic)