TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
術
術 ＝ 行 ＋ 朮
ㄕㄨˋ · shù
noun — art, method, craft
字源 FORM — what the parts do
朮聲zhú — gives the sound
{zh,ch,sh}ITzhú → shù — crosses inside {zh,ch,sh}; the same 朮 follows in 述
A crossroads (行) with 朮 zhú for sound — the original sense is a street inside the town walls (說文: 邑中道也). The way you know by heart became the way of doing: 技術、藝術、武術.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
進了城門，街道（行）一條接一條，老住戶閉著眼都認得路。
Inside the gates, street after street (行) — the old residents could walk them blind.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)邑中道（街道）— the street within the town
→技術、藝術、武術— art, technique — the practiced way常用
⇒戰術、手術— tactics; surgery — set procedures
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension