TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
格
ㄍㄜˊ · gé
noun — a square, lattice; standard; character
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tgè → gé — tone only
Wood (木) gives the matter; 各 gè carries the sound, tone shifted. The first word is long branches — branches crossing make the lattice (格子), and the lattice gives every thing its slot: the standard it must fit (規格、資格), the set pattern of a person (性格).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
木（木）窗格一格一格方方正正，光透進來，每格一樣大。
The wooden (木) window lattice, square after square; the light through each one the same size.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)長枝條— long branches — the old word
→格子、表格— a lattice, a grid
⇒規格、資格、價格— the standard, the qualification, the price — each thing's slot on the scale常用
⇒性格、風格— character, style — a person's set pattern
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension