TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
邁
邁 ＝ 辶 ＋ 萬
ㄇㄞˋ · mài
verb — to stride, step forward; adj — aged, advanced in years
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walk — a road and a foot
IFTwàn → mài — 邁 kept the old m-onset that 萬 lost; rhyme and tone shift too
The walk (辶) and 萬 wàn, the scorpion borrowed for ten-thousand. To take the road in long strides, pressing forward — to stride. 萬 once carried an m-sound it kept in 邁 while its own reading drifted to wàn. 邁進、邁步; and of years far advanced, 年邁.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
他甩開步子（辶），一步頂人三步，頭也不回往前走。
He throws his stride open (辶), one step to another's three, and presses on without looking back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)邁進、邁步— to stride, step forward常用
→年邁、老邁— aged, far on in years
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension