TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
擠
擠 ＝ 扌 ＋ 齊
ㄐㄧˇ · jǐ
verb — to squeeze, press; to crowd, jostle
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
ITqí → jǐ — voicing and tone shift
A hand (扌) presses things tight against each other — to squeeze, to crowd. 齊 qí, things drawn level and flush, carries the sound, worn toward jǐ; the rows pressed even become rows pressed too close. From the press: 擁擠 packed crowded, 擠壓 to squeeze, 擠進 to push in.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
車門一開，人潮往裡頭擠，貼得誰也動不了。
The doors open and the crowd presses in, packed until no one can move.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)擠壓— to squeeze, press常用
→擁擠— crowded; to jostle常用
→擠進— to push in, force through
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension