entries → 麋
TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
麋 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)
麋 ＝ 鹿 ＋ 米
ㄇㄧˊ · mí
noun — a kind of large deer; the elk (Père David's deer)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

鹿義a deer, antlers and legs and all
米聲mǐ — gives the soundgrains of rice
Tmǐ → mí — only the tone shifts
A deer (鹿) names the animal; 米 mǐ underneath carries the sound, with only the tone moved to mí. Together they write the 麋 — the big marsh deer, 麋鹿.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一頭鹿（鹿）低頭啃地上的米（米）粒——這是麋。
A deer (鹿) bends to crop the grains (米) at its feet — the 麋.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)麋鹿— the elk; Père David's deer常用
→麋集— to herd together, throng — like deer
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
糜míthe lookalike — 糜 sits on 米 below 麻 for porridge; 麋 keeps the deer 鹿