TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
嗦
˙ㄙㄨㄛ · suo
particle/bound — in 囉嗦/嗦: long-winded, wordy
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tsuǒ → suo — the tone flattens to the toneless run of speech
The mouth (口) runs on and 索 suǒ carries the sound. 索 is a twisted rope — the talk pays out the same way, on and on: 囉嗦、嚕嗦.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一條繩（索）從嘴裡（口）抽出來，越抽越長——囉嗦。
A rope (索) keeps paying out of the mouth (口), longer and longer — wordy.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)囉嗦— long-winded, wordy常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension