TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
勢
勢 ＝ 力 ＋ 埶
ㄕˋ · shì
noun — power, force; momentum; the situation, the trend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
埶聲yì — gives the soundhands setting a plant into the ground
IFyì → shì — the donor and 勢 split far apart in reading
Strength (力) underneath carries the meaning — power at full pitch. 埶 yì, which is planting and setting in place, rides on top for the sound. From sheer force came the force of circumstances: 勢力、權勢, then the run of things — 形勢、趨勢.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
底下的力（力）一鼓到頂——擋不住的那股勁，就是勢。
The strength (力) beneath surges to full pitch — the force nothing checks is 勢.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)盛力、氣勢— power, force at full常用
→勢力、權勢— influence, authority
⇒形勢、趨勢— the situation; the trend常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
埶yìthe sound half alone — 埶 is the planting hands; 勢 adds (strength) underneath for force藝＝ ＋ 艹 ＋ 云yìsame under 艹 — the planting kept its literal sense: skill, art