entries → 籤
TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
籤 character · C1 (est.)
籤 ＝ 竹 ＋ 韱
ㄑㄧㄢ · qiān
noun — a slip, lot, tag; a fortune-stick

字源 FORM — what the parts do

竹義bamboo
韱聲xiān — gives the soundslender, fine (韱) — the same element under 纖
IFxiān → qiān — initial and final shifted off the donor
A thin sliver of bamboo (竹) — a marked slip, a tally, the stick you draw for a fortune. 韱 xiān carries the sound, shifted to qiān; it is the slender element also under 纖 (fine). From the bamboo slip: 抽籤、標籤.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一把細竹條（竹）插在筒裡——伸手抽一根，那是你的籤。
A fistful of thin bamboo slivers (竹) in a cup — you draw one out, and that is your lot.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)竹籤— a thin bamboo slip, tally常用
→抽籤— to draw lots; a fortune-stick常用
→標籤— a tag, label
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
簽＝ 竹 ＋ 僉qiānthe near-twin — 簽 reads as 竹 over 僉 (to sign, endorse), 籤 over 韱 (a slip, lot)纖＝ 糸 ＋ 韱xiānthe 韱 kin — 纖 keeps 韱 with silk 糸 (fine, slender), 籤 with bamboo 竹 (slip)