TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
蓄
蓄 ＝ 艸 ＋ 畜
ㄒㄩˋ · xù
verb — to store up, accumulate; to keep, harbor
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass (艸) — the plant radical, written 艹
畜聲xù — gives the sound
Grass (艸, written 艹) over 畜 xù, which carries the sound and its own sense of rearing, hoarding livestock. 說文 reads 蓄 as to pile up. From storing grass and stock come savings (儲蓄) and keeping a thing on: 蓄養, 蓄勢.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
把草（艹）一捆捆堆起來，留著過冬。
Grass (艸) stacked bundle on bundle (畜), kept back for the winter.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)積蓄— to store up, accumulate常用
→儲蓄— savings — what is set by
⇒蓄養、蓄勢— to rear, to keep on; to build up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
畜xùthe sound side — the reared livestock, no grass on top