TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
愈
愈 ＝ 俞 ＋ 心
ㄩˋ · yù
verb — to heal, recover (from illness); adv — the more …, increasingly
字源 FORM — what the parts do
俞聲yú — gives the sound; heads the 俞 series (愉, 喻, 輸)
T俞 yú → 愈 yù — only the tone falls
俞 (yú) over the heart (心) — to get better, to heal: 痊愈, 病愈. From a sickness lifting came the sense of mounting degree, each step further along — 愈來愈, 愈加, the more and more of a thing.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
壓在心（心）上的病一點點退去——人愈來愈好了。
The illness on the heart (心) lifts by degrees — and one gets better, and better.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)痊愈、病愈— to heal, recover常用
→愈來愈、愈加— the more …, increasingly常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
愉＝ 忄 ＋ yúthe lookalike — 忄 beside ; pleased, not healed癒yùits 疒 twin — the same recovery, marked with the sickness radical