TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
敘
敘 ＝ 攴 ＋ 余
ㄒㄩˋ · xù
verb — to narrate, recount; to set in order
字源 FORM — what the parts do
攴義a hand with a stick — putting things in order
余聲yú — gives the sound
ITyú → xù
A hand with a stick (攴) sets things one after another — sequence, order. 余 yú carries the sound. From laying events in order comes telling them in order: 敘述、敘事.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（攴）把散亂的事，一條一條排成順序，再從頭講起。
A hand (攴) lines the scattered events up one by one, then tells them from the start.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)次第— order, sequence
→敘述、敘事— to narrate, recount常用
⇒敘舊、敘談— to talk things over
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension