TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
及
ㄐㄧˊ · jí
verb — to reach, catch up; conj — and
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A hand (又) closes on the person ahead (人) — to catch up, to reach. What you reach in time, 來得及; the bar you reach, 及格; and the word's last job, reaching the next item in a list: 以及.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
他追到巷口，一把（又）抓住前面那人（人）的肩膀——及。
At the alley mouth his hand (又) lands on the runner's (人) shoulder — caught.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)追上、達到— to catch up; to reach
→來得及、及格— in time; up to the bar常用
→以及— and — reaching to the next item常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension