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述 is composed of 辵 (walk) and 朮 (glutinous millet). 辵 is a pictograph of a foot walking along a path, while 朮 refers to a type of sticky grain. This kind of grain is relatively rare, and one must follow the rules when gathering it. Therefore, the original meaning of 述 is to follow or to adhere to, and later it came to mean explaining or relating another person’s ideas.