TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
租
租 ＝ 禾 ＋ 且
ㄗㄨ · zū
noun — rent; verb — to rent, lease
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義grain, the standing cropthe crop paid as the levy
ITqiě → zū — onset hardens to z-, the rising tone goes level
Grain (禾) handed over as the land levy — 田賦, the tax paid in crop. 且 gives the sound, hardened from qiě to zū. From paying in grain for the use of land: rent (租金、房租), then to rent or lease anything (租屋、出租). 且 heads a wide sound family: 祖、組、阻、粗.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
收下的禾（禾），且（且）慢——先抽一份交租，剩的才是自己的。
The harvested grain (禾) — but first (且), a share is set aside as rent; the rest is yours.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)田賦、租稅— the grain levy, land tax
→租金、房租— rent常用
⇒出租、租屋— to rent, lease
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension