TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
側
側 ＝ 亻 ＋ 則
ㄘㄜˋ · cè
noun/verb — the side, flank; to lean, turn sideways
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
{z,c,s}Izé → cè — the {z,c,s} sibilants slide
A person (亻) plus the sound 則 (zé) — standing off to one side. 說文 glosses it 㫄, beside. From a person at the edge came the side of anything (側面, 兩側) and the act of turning sideways: 側身, 側耳, leaning in to listen.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人（亻）不站正中，偏到旁邊去——側。
A person (亻) stands not in the centre but off to one side — 側.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)旁邊、側面、兩側— the side, flank常用
→側身、側耳— to turn sideways, lean in
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension