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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
根據 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)
根據 ＝ 根 ＋ 據
ㄍㄣ ㄐㄩˋ · gēnjù
preposition — according to; based on; noun — basis; grounds

字源 FORM — what the parts do

根root; foundation (根本的根)gēn
據to hold; to base on; to grip (占據的據)jù
根據，根本的根，占據的據。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）抓住那條根（根）不放——根據。
A hand (扌) grabs the root (根) and holds on — that grip is your basis.
記憶法
關 · Related
依照yīzhàoaccording to — near synonym理由lǐyóureason; grounds — the noun parallel