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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
徑 character · B2 (est.)
徑 ＝ 彳 ＋ 巠
ㄐㄧㄥˋ · jìng
noun — a (foot)path; adv — directly

字源 FORM — what the parts do

彳義a step — walking, a road
巠聲jīng — gives the soundan underground watercourse running straight
Tjīng → jìng — tone shifts off the donor
A road (彳) you walk; 巠 jīng carries the sound and the picture of a straight channel. A narrow straight way: 小徑、路徑 — and from straightness, 徑直 straight there.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩腳（彳）踩出一條又窄又直的小路。
Two feet (彳) wear a narrow, straight track into the ground.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)小徑、路徑— a footpath; a route常用
→徑直— straight; directly
⇒徑賽— track (racing)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
經＝ 糸 ＋ 巠jīngthe sibling — 經 is 巠 with silk 糸 (warp threads); 徑 takes the step 彳逕jìnga variant written with 辶 for the same path