TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
沮
沮 ＝ 氵 ＋ 且
ㄐㄩˇ · jǔ
verb — to dishearten, dampen; (adj) dejected
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
Tjū → jǔ — the tone shifts
Water (氵) and 且, which carries the sound — the original sense is water dammed and stopped (壅). From a blocked, stagnant flow: to check and obstruct, and the spirit gone slack and low — dejected, 沮喪. 且 jū gives the sound.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道水（氵）被堵住，流不動、漸漸沉滯——人也跟著垂頭。
A stream (氵) is dammed, going slack and still — and the spirit sags with it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)壅、阻— to dam, block
→沮喪、沮怒— dejected, downcast常用
⇒沮遏— to check, obstruct
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension