TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
這
這 ＝ 辶 ＋ 言
ㄓㄜˋ · zhè
pronoun — this
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義a foot on the road
A foot on the road (辶) with words (言): the old word was "to go meet." "This" borrowed the graph in Tang times and kept it — the pointing word wears a traveling coat.
意 · Meanings
(本義)迎——古義— to go meet — the old word
→這、這裡— this; here常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension