TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
樹
樹 ＝ 木 ＋ 尌
ㄕㄨˋ · shù
noun — tree; verb — to plant, set upright
字源 FORM — what the parts do
尌聲shù — lends the sound and the sense of setting-uprighta hand (寸) setting something upright on a stand — buried in the right half
Wood (木) plus 尌, a hand (寸) standing a thing upright on its base. 說文: 生植之總名 — the general word for what is planted and grows. 尌 lends both the sense of setting-up and the sound shù: a tree is wood stood upright in the ground, and to 樹 is to plant it.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一棵木（木），一隻手（尌裡的寸）扶著立直，根往下扎。
A length of wood (木), a hand (the 寸 inside 尌) holding it upright while the roots take — a tree planted.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)樹木、大樹— tree常用
→種樹、樹立— to plant; to set upright常用
⇒樹敵— to make (an enemy) — to set one up against you
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
豎shùsame sound over 立 — to stand vertical廚＝ 广 ＋ chúsame phonetic under 广 for the kitchen