TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
戚
戚 ＝ 戉 ＋ 尗
ㄑㄧ · qī
noun — kin, relative; adj — grieved, sorrowful
字源 FORM — what the parts do
戉義a battle-axe — the broad blade
尗聲shú — gives the sounda bean plant pulled up, beans hanging
IFshú → qī — initial and final both shift
A battle-axe (戉) — 尗 shú gives the sound, worn to qī. The original was a kind of axe; the everyday kin sense (親戚) and the grieving sense (戚戚) both rode in on the sound.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
斧（戉）刃旁掛著一串豆（尗），本是兵器——後來借去說親人、說憂傷。
The axe-blade (戉) beside a hanging bean (尗) — a weapon first, lent later to kinship and to grief.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)戚鉞— a battle-axe
→親戚— kin, relative常用
⇒戚戚、憂戚— grieved, sorrowful
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
叔＝ 又 ＋ shúthe lookalike — 叔 keeps beside 又 (a hand), 戚 swaps in the axe 慼qīthe kin form — 慼 adds the heart (心) to pin down the grieving sense