TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
誌
ㄓˋ · zhì
verb/noun — to record, mark down; a record, journal
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Words (言) committed to the heart's keeping (志) — to record, to note down. 志 zhì carries the sound unchanged and the sense of holding a thing in mind. From the kept record: 雜誌、墓誌、標誌.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
心裡記著的(志),用話(言)寫下來——誌。
What the heart holds (志), set down in words (言) — recorded.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)記、記載— to record, note down常用
→雜誌— magazine, journal常用
→標誌、墓誌— a mark, sign; an inscription
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension