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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
端 character · TOCFL 5 (est.)
端 ＝ 立 ＋ 耑
ㄉㄨㄢ · duān
noun — end, tip; upright, proper; the beginning of a thread

字源 FORM — what the parts do

立義a person standing upright
耑聲duān — gives the sounda sprout pushing up out of the root
A person stands square and upright (立); 耑 duān, a shoot breaking ground, carries the sound. From standing straight comes 端正; from the sprout's tip, the end or the start of a thread — 開端、末端.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一棵芽剛頂破土（耑），人在旁站得筆直（立）——從頭開始。
A sprout just breaks the soil (耑); a person stands bolt upright beside it (立) — start from the very tip.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)端正、直— upright, proper
→末端、頂端— end, tip常用
⇒開端、端倪— the beginning of a thread; a clue
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
瑞ruìthe 耑 cousin — 瑞 puts the jade 玉 beside the sprout, 端 keeps the standing person 立直zhíthe upright partner — 直 is straight in the eye, 端 is straight on the feet