TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
或
或 ＝ 戈 ＋ 口
ㄏㄨㄛˋ · huò
conj — or; perhaps
字源 FORM — what the parts do
戈義a dagger-axe — the guard's weapon
A dagger-axe (戈) stands guard over a walled plot (口) on its ground line — the first writing of territory, the word now spelled 域 and 國. Or-and-perhaps borrowed the graph whole and never gave it back: 或者, 或許.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
城牆（口）上，哨兵扛著戈（戈）來回走，牆裡是自己的地。
On the wall (口) the sentry paces with his dagger-axe (戈); inside is their own ground.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)疆域（域、國的本字）— a guarded territory — the first writing of 域/國
→或者、或許— or; perhaps常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
演 · Evolution
本義自己搬了家：加土寫成域，外面再圍一圈寫成國。借義留下來住。
The territory moved out of its own graph: earth added writes 域, a wall around the whole writes 國. The loan stayed and kept the house.