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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
毅 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)
毅 ＝ 殳 ＋ 豙
ㄧˋ · yì
adj — resolute, firm; (noun) firmness of will

字源 FORM — what the parts do

殳義a hand swinging a pole — to strike, to act
豙聲yì — gives the sounda boar (豕) bristling, the spear (辛) over it
A bristling boar (豙) and a striking hand (殳): the angry, dug-in pig that will not back down, set beside force. From that unbudging stance: resolute, firm — 剛毅、毅力. 豙 yì carries the sound.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

野豬豎起鬃毛（豙），任你揮棍（殳）也不退一步——硬。
A boar bristles up (豙) and will not give an inch under the swung pole (殳) — unbending.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)剛毅、堅毅— resolute, firm常用
→毅力、毅然— firmness of will; resolutely常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
豙yìthe bare phonetic — a bristling boar殺＝ 殳 ＋ 杀shāshares 殳 — the striking hand, here to kill