TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
族
族 ＝ 㫃 ＋ 矢
ㄗㄨˊ · zú
noun — clan, ethnic group; a class of things
字源 FORM — what the parts do
㫃義a banner on its pole, streaming
矢義an arrow
Arrows (矢) bunched under the banner (㫃) — one kin's war band, mustered under one flag. From the muster: 家族、民族, and any set that flocks together: 上班族.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
旗（㫃）一立起來，箭（矢）一束一束堆到旗下——一族人到齊了。
The banner (㫃) goes up; arrows (矢) stack bundle by bundle beneath it — the clan is all here.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)聚在旗下的一族— the kin mustered under one banner
→家族、民族— clan; a people常用
⇒水族、上班族— a class — things of one flock
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension