TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
規
ㄍㄨㄟ · guī
noun — compass; rule
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A grown man (夫) and his seeing (見) — 說文 reads it as the look with measure in it. The word names the compass, the tool that swings a true circle (圓規); from the true circle, the rule: 規則、規定、規矩.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
老師傅（夫）只瞄一眼（見）就搖頭——這條線差了一分。
The old hand (夫) gives it one look (見) and shakes his head — the line is off by a hair.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)圓規— the compass — circle-drawer
→規矩、規則— rules — drawn true常用
→規定、規劃— to stipulate; to plan常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension