TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
索
索 ＝ 糸 ＋ 屮
ㄙㄨㄛˇ · suǒ
noun/verb — a rope; to demand, to search
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義thread, cord
屮形the plant stems above — fibres being twisted by hand into rope
Plant stems and fibres (the top) twisted together with cord (糸) below — a thick rope. From hauling on a rope, the reach of the hand: to pull in, to demand (索取), to grope and search (搜索), to feel one's way through a problem (思索).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
幾把草莖（屮）順著絲線（糸）一絞——擰成一條粗繩。
A few handfuls of plant stems (屮) twisted down along the cord (糸) — wound into one thick rope.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)繩索— a rope, a cord常用
→索取、搜索— to demand; to search常用
⇒思索— to ponder — to feel along a thread
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension