Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
签 uses 𥫗, bamboo, as its meaning part, since writing brushes were made of bamboo, and 佥 qiān supplies the sound, a perfect match. It first meant signing a document or writing an opinion on it. The meaning grew to a label or note, a wooden stick, a lot or marker, and short for visa.
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