TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
幢
ㄓㄨㄤˋ · zhuàng
noun — a banner, streamer; measure word for buildings
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{zh,z,ch}ITtóng → zhuàng — t- forward to zh-, the final and tone shift
A hanging cloth (巾) with 童 tóng for the sound, t- shifting forward to zh- as the rest of the syllable moves. The original is a tall cloth banner hung from a pole; a thing that stands tall and singular gives the measure word for buildings: 旗幢、一幢房子.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一根長桿上垂下一面布幡（巾），風一吹，幡幢幢地動。
From a tall pole hangs a cloth banner (巾); the wind stirs it, and it sways and sways.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)旗幢、幡幢— banner, streamer
→一幢房子— measure word for buildings常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
童tóngthe sound donor — 童 is the child; 幢 hangs a cloth from it幡fānthe banner pair — 幡 takes 番 for the sound, 幢 takes