置 (zhì) — to place, put, set up, install

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字

置 character · TOCFL 3 (est.)

置＝罒＋直

ㄓˋ · zhì

verb — to place, put, set up, install

字源 FORM — what the parts do

罒義a net — set out and left in placethe 网 radical, flattened on top

直聲zhí — gives the sound, tone wornan eye sighting straight

Tzhí → zhì — tone alone shifts

A net (罒) set down straight (直) and left where it belongs; 直 zhí carries the sound, tone worn to zhì. From setting a thing in its place comes installing, arranging, acquiring: 放置、設置、購置.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

網（罒）對準了位置，直直（直）一擺——放定了。

The net (罒) is lined up straight (直) and laid down — set in its place.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)放置、安置— to place, put, set常用

→設置、布置— to set up, arrange

⇒購置、添置— to acquire (and put in place)

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension