TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
植
ㄓˊ · zhí
verb — to plant, set upright; noun — vegetation
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Wood (木) with 直 (straight) — a post set upright, a stake driven straight in. 直 zhí carries the sound exactly, and its "straight" sense feeds the picture. From setting a post upright comes setting plants in the ground: 種植、植樹.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
把一根木樁（木）直直（直）插進土裡，扶正，踩實。
A stake (木) driven straight (直) into the ground, righted, and tamped down.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)戶植— a door-post, upright stake
→種植、植樹— to plant, set in the ground常用
⇒植物— plants, vegetation
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension