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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
距 character · A2 (est.)
距 ＝ 足 ＋ 巨
ㄐㄩˋ · jù
noun — distance, the gap between — verb — to be apart from

字源 FORM — what the parts do

足義a foot, the stride that spans
巨聲gives the soundjù — a carpenter's square held in hand, a large span
The foot (足) and 巨, a large carpenter's square (a hand gripping the rule). 巨 carries the sound jù. The original sense was the rooster's spur — the spike on the foot — and from one fixed point standing off from another: 距離 distance, 相距 to be apart, 間距 the interval between.
意 · Meanings
(本義)距（雞距）— a rooster's spur
→距離、相距— distance; to be apart常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
拒＝ 扌 ＋ 巨jùthe 巨 it shares — 拒 sets 巨 beside the hand 扌 for to refuse, to ward off; 距 sets it beside 足 for distance矩＝ 矢 ＋ 巨jǔthe 巨 it shares — 矩 sets 巨 beside an arrow 矢 for a carpenter's square; 距 keeps the foot 足 for the gap