shelves, stall, file

檔 is composed of 木 (wood) and 當 (proper, take on). 當 depicts the situation of the court distributing land, which has the meaning of appropriate and correct檔 originally refers to a wooden shelf, which can separate different objects and place them in appropriate positions, so 檔 is also extended to represent a stall where goods are displayed.In addition, since wooden shelves are mainly used to store government documents, 檔 is also used to represent official documents.