TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
遜
遜 ＝ 辶 ＋ 孫
ㄒㄩㄣˋ · xùn
adj — humble, modest; inferior, falling short
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義to walk, to withdraw — a step backward
{z,c,s}/{j,q,x}IFT孫 sūn → 遜 xùn — the dental onset {z,c,s} fronts to the palatal {j,q,x}, and the medial rounds
A step (辶) plus 孫 (sūn) for the sound — 說文 reads it 遁, to withdraw, to step back. To give way and put oneself behind is to be humble: 謙遜. To fall behind another is to be its lesser: 遜色, 稍遜. The sound fronted from sūn to xùn.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
退後一步（辶），把位子讓出去——這人很謙遜。
A step back (辶), the place given up to another — a humble man, 謙遜.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)謙遜、遜讓— humble, modest; to yield常用
→遜色、稍遜— inferior, falling short
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
孫sūnthe sound piece — a grandson遁dùnits 說文 gloss — also ; to withdraw, slip away