遵 (zūn) — to follow, to comply with, to abide by

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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字

遵 character · B2 (est.)

遵＝辵＋尊

ㄗㄨㄣ · zūn

verb — to follow, to comply with, to abide by

字源 FORM — what the parts do

辵義footsteps on a road — walking a set path

尊聲zūn — gives the sound exactlya wine vessel raised in both hands — what is honored

Footsteps on the road (辵) with 尊 zūn for the sound, exact — and 尊 is the honored vessel held high. You walk the path that authority has set, keeping to it: to follow, to comply, to abide by. 遵守、遵循、遵命.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

順著定好的路（辵）一步步走，半點不偏——遵。

Step by step along the path already laid down (辵), never straying — compliance.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)遵守、遵循— to follow, to abide by常用

→遵命、遵照— to comply with — an order, an instruction

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension