TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
史
ㄕˇ · shǐ
noun — history; the scribe
字源 FORM — what the parts do
中義the record-keeper's implementa vessel of counting-tallies in one telling, a writing board in the other
A hand (又) grips the record (中) — the keeper of the records: the scribe. The old graph carries two tellings of what the hand holds: a vessel of counting-tallies, or the writing board — either way, the record in hand. What the scribes wrote down took their name: 歷史、史書.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
朝堂上人人都在說話，角落那隻手（又）一直沒停。
Everyone in the hall is talking; in the corner, the hand (又) never stops.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)史官— the scribe, the recorder
→歷史、史書— history; the records常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension