TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
學
ㄒㄩㄝˊ · xué
verb — to learn; noun — school, study
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𦥑義two hands, reaching down
爻義crossed counting-sticks
冖義a roof
Two hands (𦥑) pass crossed counting-sticks (爻) down through a roof (冖) to the child (子) beneath — learning, handed from the older hands to the younger. The place and the fields follow: 學校、學生、數學.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋（冖）裡，大手把算籌（爻）擺好，小孩（子）的手照著擺一遍。
Under the roof (冖), the big hands lay out the sticks (爻); the child's (子) hands lay them again.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)學習— to learn常用
→學校、學生— school; student常用
→數學、科學— -ology — a field of study
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension