TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
傷
傷 ＝ 亻 ＋ 𥏬
ㄕㄤ · shāng
noun/verb — a wound, injury; to hurt, harm; grief
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person — the one wounded
𥏬聲shāng — gives the soundworn into the top-right 𠂉 and the 昜-like body; an arrow-struck mark
A person (亻) and the sound-piece 𥏬 (shāng), which copying has worn into the strokes at the top right and the 昜-like body below — its arrow-struck shape is no longer legible. The whole says a body cut or struck: 受傷 a wound, 傷害 to harm; the cut that reaches the heart, 悲傷, 傷心. Kin in sound to 觴, 殤.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人（亻）身上中了一下（𥏬）——受傷了。
A person (亻) takes a blow to the body (𥏬) — wounded.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)創傷、受傷— a wound; to be wounded常用
→傷害、損傷— to harm, to damage常用
⇒悲傷、傷心— grief — the cut that reaches the heart常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension