TSUMUGU · B1/B2 (est.) · 字
綜
綜 ＝ 糸 ＋ 宗
ㄗㄨㄥ · zōng/zòng
verb — (zōng) to gather together, synthesize; noun — (zòng) the heddle of a loom
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義thread — the loom's warp
The threads (糸) of a loom drawn up together by the heddle — to gather as one. 宗 zōng carries the sound, unchanged. From pulling many threads into one shed: 綜合, to synthesize; 綜述, to sum up; 綜藝, a variety show — many acts woven together.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
織機上千條線（糸），綜一提——全攏到一處。
On the loom a thousand threads (糸); the heddle lifts — all gathered into one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
zōng
(本義)綜合、綜述— to gather together, synthesize常用
→綜藝— a variety show — acts woven together常用
zòng
(本義)綜 (織機的綜)— the heddle of a loom
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension