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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
揉 character · B1 (est.)
揉 ＝ 扌 ＋ 柔
ㄖㄡˊ · róu
verb — to knead, rub, massage

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義a hand
柔聲róu — gives the soundsoft, supple
A hand (扌) works something soft (柔) — to knead. 柔 gives both the sound, exact, and the sense of yielding: dough, a sore shoulder, tired eyes all give under the kneading.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）按上柔（柔）軟的麵團，一推一壓，揉成一團。
The hand (扌) presses into something soft (柔), pushing and folding — kneading it into one mass.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)揉、搓揉— to knead, to rub常用
→按揉— to massage
⇒揉曲— to bend by working
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
蹂róuthe 柔 series — 蹂 sets 柔 under 足 (feet trampling), 揉 keeps the hand 扌柔róuthe bare phonetic — softness itself, no hand