TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
權
權 ＝ 木 ＋ 雚
ㄑㄩㄢˊ · quán
noun — power; rights
字源 FORM — what the parts do
雚聲guàn — gives the sounda crested bird, the heron — two eyes 吅 above the bird 隹
{g,k,h}↔{j,q,x}IFTguàn → quán — the {g,k,h}↔{j,q,x} crossing; the same 雚 stays guān in 觀
A tree's name first — 木 marks the wood, 雚 guàn lends the sound, bent from g to q. The name was then borrowed for the sliding weight of a steelyard: the piece you move along the arm until it balances. Whoever holds the weight decides what things weigh — 權力、權利.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
市場裡，賣米的把秤錘往外推一格，秤桿（木）慢慢平了——斤兩他說了算。
At the market the rice-seller slides the weight one notch out; the wooden arm (木) levels — the count is his to call.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)樹名— a tree's name — the graph's first owner
→秤錘、權衡— the steelyard weight; to weigh up
⇒權力、權利— power; rights — holding the scale常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension