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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
梁 character · C1 (est.)
梁 ＝ 氵 ＋ 木 ＋ 刅
ㄌㄧㄤˊ · liáng
noun — bridge; a beam, ridgepole

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water
木義wood — the timber spanning it
刅聲chuāng — gives the sound
{c,l}IFTchuāng → liáng
Wood (木) laid across water (氵) — timber spanning a stream, a bridge. 刅 chuāng carries the sound. From the wooden span over water comes the beam laid across a room: 橋梁、棟梁.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一根木頭（木）橫搭在水（氵）上，人踩著它過了河。
A length of wood (木) laid across the water (氵), and someone walks it over the stream.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)橋梁— a bridge常用
→棟梁、屋梁— a roof beam, ridgepole
⇒梁山、梁國— as place / dynasty name
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
粱liángthe lookalike — 粱 sets rice 米 below, 梁 sets wood 木 below for the timber span