TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
厚
厚 ＝ 厂 ＋ 旱
ㄏㄡˋ · hòu
adj — thick; deep, generous, substantial
字源 FORM — what the parts do
厂義a cliff, layers of rock
旱形the thick layers stacked below the cliff
A cliff (厂) with deep beds of rock piled under it — thickness measured in layers: 厚薄、厚度. From a substance laid on thick, generosity and weight of character, 厚道、忠厚、深厚. The picture is strata, not the dryness 旱 it now resembles.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道崖（厂），底下岩層疊得厚厚的——一層壓一層，就是厚。
A cliff (厂) with deep beds of rock stacked beneath it — layer on layer, and that is thickness.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)厚、厚薄— thick常用
→厚道、忠厚— generous, sincere
⇒深厚、雄厚— deep, substantial
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
后hòuthe homophone — 后 is a sovereign, a queen, and "after"; 厚 stacks rock under a cliff for thickness厝cuòshares the cliff — 厝 sets 昔 under it for a house; 厚 sets the thick layers