entries → 趣
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
趣 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)
趣 ＝ 走 ＋ 取
ㄑㄩˋ · qù
noun — interest, fun; adj — interesting

字源 FORM — what the parts do

走義to walk, to runthe legs hurrying toward something
取聲qǔ — gives the sounda hand (又) closing on an ear (耳) — to take
Tqǔ → qù — tone shifts
The legs (走) hurry toward something — to hasten. 取 qǔ carries the sound, the tone tipping to qù. What you hurry toward is what draws you: 興趣、有趣、趣味.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

取（取）到了想要的，兩腿（走）還在往那邊奔——那就是趣。
The hand has taken (取) what it wanted, and the legs (走) still run that way — that pull is 趣.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)趨向— to hasten toward
→興趣、趣味— interest; appeal常用
⇒有趣— fun; interesting常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
取qǔthe phonetic without the legs — 取 is the hand taking an ear; 趣 adds 走 to run toward it趨＝ 走 ＋ 芻qūthe 取-series sibling — 趨 keeps the hastening literal, to hurry