TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
觸
觸 ＝ 角 ＋ 蜀
ㄔㄨˋ · chù
verb — to touch; to butt against; to set off, to trigger
字源 FORM — what the parts do
蜀聲shǔ — gives the soundan eye 罒 over a coiled 勹 and 虫 — a caterpillar; here for the reading
IFshǔ → chù — the reading shifts
A horn (角) lowered to butt and make contact — to touch. 蜀 shǔ, a coiled caterpillar, lends the sound, drifting to chù. From the touch of horn on thing: 接觸, 觸摸, and 觸發, to set off.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻角（角）低下來，輕輕一頂——碰到了。
A horn (角) lowers and gives a light butt — it makes contact.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)觸、接觸— to touch, to make contact常用
→觸摸— to touch, to feel常用
⇒觸發— to set off, to trigger
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension