TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
聚
聚 ＝ 取 ＋ 乑
ㄐㄩˋ · jù
verb — to gather, assemble, collect
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITqǔ → jù — q and j stay in one family; tone moves
乑義three people standing together — a crowd
Take hold (取) and draw a crowd of people (乑) into one place — they gather. 取 qǔ carries the sound, the same piece in 娶 and 趣. From the crowd pulled together: 聚集、聚會、團聚.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一聲招呼，三三兩兩的人（乑）都攏過來——聚成一團。
One call, and the scattered people (乑) all draw in — gathered into a crowd.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)會、聚— to gather, assemble常用
→聚集、聚會— to collect; a gathering常用
⇒凝聚、聚合— to coalesce, mass together
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension