TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
站
ㄓㄢˋ · zhàn
verb — to stand; noun — a station, a stop
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tzhān → zhàn — only the tone bends
Standing (立) — a person upright on the line of the ground; 占 gives the sound, tone bent to zhàn. Then the stop-and-stand sense met a traveler: on the Yuan post roads, Mongolian jam — the relay post — rode into Chinese as 站, and every 車站、捷運站 descends from it.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
車來了，他從座位上站（立）起來，往門口走。
The bus pulls in; he stands (立) up from his seat and moves to the door.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)站立、站住— to stand常用
→車站、驛站— the station — Mongolian jam, the Yuan relay post常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension