entries → 仗
TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
character · B1
仗 =
ㄓㄤˋ · zhàng
verb — to rely on, lean on; noun — weapons; a battle

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a person
zhàng — gives the sounda measuring length, a staff held upright
A person (亻) and 丈 zhàng — a staff to lean on. 說文 reads it 兵杖也 — weapons, the staff-arms a soldier holds. From the held staff: the weapons themselves (兵仗), leaning on something (依仗), and the fight you take up arms for (打仗、勝仗).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

人()拄著一根長杖(),靠著它,也舉它打仗。
A person (亻) leans on a long staff (丈) — leaning on it, and taking it up to fight.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)兵仗、儀仗— weapons; ceremonial arms常用
依仗、仗著— to rely on, lean on常用
打仗、勝仗— to fight a battle; to win one常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
zhàngthe lookalike — 杖 is the wooden staff itself (木); 仗 puts a person () with it, for the arms one holds and leans onzhàngthe sound donor — a length, ten 尺