TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
值
值 ＝ 亻 ＋ 直
ㄓˊ · zhí
verb/noun — to be worth; value; on duty
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
A person (亻) with 直 zhí, an exact sound match — an eye sighting down a straight line. The first sense is to meet, to fall to one's turn: 值班, the turn of duty come around. What a thing meets on the scale is what it is worth — 值得, 價值.
意 · Meanings
(本義)遇上、輪到— to meet; to fall to one's turn
→值班、值日— on duty — the turn come around
→值得、價值— to be worth常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension