TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
程
程 ＝ 禾 ＋ 呈
ㄔㄥˊ · chéng
noun — journey, stage; procedure, course
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義grain on the stalk — the thing measured out
Grain (禾) under the measure — 程 began as a unit and a standard, the rate things are checked against. 呈 chéng gives the sound, exact. A road measured out in stages is 路程; how a thing runs from start to end, 過程; laid out for study, 課程.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
倉前一斗一斗地量穀（禾），每十斗畫一道——記下一個準數。
At the granary the grain (禾) goes measure by measure; every tenth, a mark — a number to hold things to.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)度量的標準— a measure, a standard
→路程— the road in measured stages
→過程、課程— process; course常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension