TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
相關
ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄢ · xiāngguān
adjective/verb — related; relevant; to relate to; correlated
字源 FORM — what the parts do
相mutual; each other; to observe (互相的相)xiāng木 (tree) + 目 (eye) — an eye looking at a tree; observing; mutual, each other
關to close; to concern; to relate (關係的關)guān門 (gate) + 𢇇 (a latch/bolt) — to bar the gate; to concern, to relate to
相關，互相的相，關係的關。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
目看著木（相：木+目），門閂相連（關：門+𢇇）——隔著一道門互望，就是相關。
An eye looks at the tree (相: 木+目, watching and being watched) through the latched gate (關: 門+𢇇, the shared barrier) — two things looking through the same gate are related.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
有yǒuguānrelated; concerned with — a near-synonym of 無wúguānunrelated; irrelevant — the opposite of