TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
河
河 ＝ 氵 ＋ 可
ㄏㄜˊ · hé
noun — river
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
ITkě → hé, k softening to h — the same 可 in 何 hé, 荷 hé, 苛 kē, 阿 ē
Water (氵) plus 可. 可 lends the sound, the k worn to h, and it builds a whole row: 何、荷、苛、阿. 說文 names 河 the great water out of the Kunlun range — first the Yellow River by name, then any river. 河流、河水, and overhead the 銀河, the river of stars.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道大水（氵）順著可（可）走的方向，彎彎地流過平原。
A great water (氵) follows the way it can go (可), bending across the plain.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)河流、河水— river常用
→黃河— the Yellow River — the named great water
⇒銀河— the Milky Way — the river of stars
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension