TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
議
ㄧˋ · yì
verb — to discuss, deliberate; to propose
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Speech (言) passed around until it settles — weighing a matter in words; 義 sounds it exactly. The sitting where it happens, 會議; what gets put forward, 建議、提議; the ones who do it for a living, 議員.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一件事（言）繞著桌子走了一圈，一人一句——最後落在一個說法上。
The matter goes around the table in words (言), voice after voice — and settles on one answer.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)商議、討論— to deliberate, discuss常用
→會議— a meeting常用
→建議、提議— to propose
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension