TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
設
設 ＝ 言 ＋ 殳
ㄕㄜˋ · shè
verb — to set up, arrange
字源 FORM — what the parts do
殳義a hand with a tool
A spoken order (言) and a hand with its tool (殳) — 說文: to set out, arrange. The word said, the hands move things into place: 設立、設備、設計; what gets set up in thought alone is 假設.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
「桌子靠牆，燈掛中間。」（言）話音沒落，那隻手（殳）已經動起來了。
"Table against the wall, lamp in the middle" (言) — the words still hanging, the tool-hand (殳) is already moving.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)陳設、設立— to set out, arrange常用
→設備、設施— equipment — what has been set up
→假設— to suppose — set up in thought
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension