TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
歧
ㄑㄧˊ · qí
noun/adj — fork (in a road); divergent, different
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A foot (止) reaches the place where the road splits, and beside it 支, a branch broken off the trunk. Foot plus branching: the fork, then any divergence: 歧路、歧視、分歧.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
腳（止）停在岔口，路像樹枝（支）一樣往兩邊分開。
A foot (止) halts at the split, the road branching off (支) two ways like a limb.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)岔路— fork in a road常用
→歧途、歧路— wrong path, divergent way
⇒分歧、歧異— divergence, difference常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension