TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
簽
簽 ＝ 竹 ＋ 僉
ㄑㄧㄢ · qiān
verb — to sign; noun — a slip, label, tag
字源 FORM — what the parts do
僉聲qiān — gives the soundmany mouths agreeing together; the top of the modern glyph
Bamboo (竹) over 僉 qiān — a crowd of mouths in agreement, here for the sound. A thin bamboo slip you mark or label, and from it the act of writing your name to a thing: 簽名、簽證、簽到.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
抽出一根竹籤（竹），在末端寫上名字——簽好了。
You pull out a bamboo slip (竹), write your name on the end — signed.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)竹簽、牙籤— a thin bamboo slip
→簽名、簽署— to sign常用
⇒簽證、簽到— a visa; to sign in常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension