TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
責
責 ＝ 朿 ＋ 貝
ㄗㄜˊ · zé
noun/verb — duty; to demand, to blame
字源 FORM — what the parts do
朿聲cì — gives the sounda thorn tree — worn into the 青-style top
{z,c,s}IFTcì → zé — the move stays inside {z,c,s}; 刺 keeps the donor at cì
Demanding money (貝) back — the call on a debt; 朿 cì, the thorn, lends the sound, worn from cì to zé. 責 is the old debt word — 債 later took on the person 亻 to carry it. What can be demanded of you is your 責任; demanded out loud, it is 責備.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
討債的人站在門口，手心朝上——貝（貝）該還了。
The debt-caller stands at the door, palm up — the shells (貝) are due.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)討債、索求— to demand payment
→責任、負責— duty — what can be demanded of you常用
→責備、指責— to blame — the demand spoken
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension