TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
峙
ㄓˋ · zhì
verb — to stand erect, tower, stand facing (across from)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFsì → zhì — the sibilant initial moves to zh, the vowel with it
A mountain (山) standing up firm and tall — to tower. 寺 carries the sound, shifted from sì to zhì. From a peak holding its ground: 峙立, to stand erect; and two heights facing off across a gap give 對峙 — to stand confronting each other.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩座山（山）隔著山谷，各自頂天立著——誰也不讓誰。
Two mountains (山) across the valley, each standing up to the sky — neither yielding.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)峙立— to stand erect, tower常用
→對峙— to stand confronting, face off常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension