TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
義
ㄧˋ · yì
noun — righteousness, justice; meaning; bond of loyalty
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A sheep (羊) over a halberd held in hand (我) — one's own conduct carried as finely as a ritual offering. From proper bearing comes what is right and just — 正義、道義 — and from "what fits" comes a word's fit: its meaning, 意義、字義.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手持長戈（我）的人，頭頂一隻祭羊（羊）——舉止端端正正。
A figure with halberd in hand (我), a sacrificial sheep (羊) held above — bearing kept upright and right.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)威儀、合宜— proper bearing; what is fitting
→正義、道義— righteousness, justice常用
⇒意義、字義— meaning, sense
⇒義子、義工— bonded by duty, not blood (adopted; volunteer)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension