entries → 簇
TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
簇 character · C1 (est.)
簇 ＝ 竹 ＋ 族
ㄘㄨˋ · cù
verb/noun/measure — to cluster; a cluster, bunch

字源 FORM — what the parts do

竹義bamboo
族聲zú — gives the sounda clan, a gathered group (族)
ITzú → cù — initial and tone shifted off the donor
Bamboo (竹) growing in tight stands, like a clan keeping together — to cluster, a bunch. 族 zú carries the sound, drifted to cù, and its "gathered kin" sense reinforces the meaning. From this, anything bunched: 簇擁、花簇.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一叢竹子（竹）擠在一處，像一族人（族）團團圍著——簇。
Bamboo (竹) crowded into one stand, like a whole clan (族) packed together — a cluster.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)簇擁— to cluster around, throng常用
→花簇— a cluster of flowers
→一簇— a bunch, a tuft (measure)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
族zúthe bare sound donor — 族 alone is a clan; 簇 caps it with bamboo 竹 (cluster)簌sùthe 竹-top lookalike — 簌 takes 欶 (rustling, 簌簌), 簇 takes 族 (cluster)