TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
捐
捐 ＝ 扌 ＋ 肙
ㄐㄩㄢ · juān
verb — to donate, contribute; to relinquish
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand — letting go
肙聲yuān — gives the sounda small worm, the flesh element above 月
IFyuān → juān — initial and final shift
The hand (扌) casting a thing off — 肙 yuān gives the sound, worn to juān. The original was to discard; the living sense turns the giving-up outward into giving: 捐款、捐贈、捐獻.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）一鬆，把財物送出去給人——捐。
The hand (扌) opens and sends the goods out to others — to donate.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)棄捐— to cast off, discard
→捐款、捐贈— to donate, contribute常用
⇒捐獻、捐軀— to give for a cause; to lay down one's life
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension