entries → 壟
TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
壟 character · B2 (est.)
壟 ＝ 土 ＋ 龍
ㄌㄨㄥˇ · lǒng
noun/verb — a raised field-ridge; a mound; to monopolize (壟斷)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

土義earth — the ridge or mound
龍聲lóng — gives the sounda dragon, long and ridged
Tlóng → lǒng — only the tone bends
A long ridge of earth (土) and 龍 lóng carrying the sound, tone bent to lǒng. 龍 is itself long and ridged — a raised bank between fields, a burial mound, and the hold of 壟斷, fencing the market off: 田壟、壟溝、壟斷.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

田裡一條土埂（土）像條伏龍（龍）橫著——一壟。
A ridge of earth (土) runs across the field like a crouching dragon (龍) — a furrow-bank.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)田壟、壟溝— a field-ridge, furrow-bank常用
→壟、土壟— a raised mound
⇒壟斷— to monopolize — to fence off常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
隴lǒngshares 龍 — 隴 takes the mound 阝, 壟 takes the earth 土龍lóngthe sound half — 壟 adds 土, 龍 alone is the dragon