TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
擬
擬 ＝ 扌 ＋ 疑
ㄋㄧˇ · nǐ
verb — to draft, draw up; to plan; to imitate, mimic
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
IFTyí → nǐ — the reading shifts onset and rime
A hand (扌) measures one thing against another and sets down a version — to draft, to model on. 疑 yí, hesitation, carries the sound, worn toward nǐ; the hand that weighs and compares is the hand that hesitates. From the weighing: 擬定 to draw up, 擬人 to personify, 模擬 to simulate.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
提筆比照著舊稿，一條一條擬出新的條款。
Pen in hand, working off the old draft, drawing up the new terms one by one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)揣度、比照— to measure against, model on常用
→擬定、起擬— to draft, draw up常用
→模擬、擬人— to imitate, simulate
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension