TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
淪
淪 ＝ 氵 ＋ 侖
ㄌㄨㄣˊ · lún
verb — to sink, be reduced to; to be lost, perish
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
侖聲lún — gives the soundgathered slips in order under a roof — an ordering
Water (氵) drawing a thing under — to sink. 侖 lún carries the sound, the ordered-bundle graph. From sinking under water, falling to a low or ruined state: 淪落、淪陷、淪亡.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
浪頭一翻，人影沉進水裡（氵）——淪。
The wave turns over and the figure sinks into the water (氵) — gone under.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)沉淪、淪沒— to sink, go under
→淪落、淪陷— to be reduced to; to fall常用
⇒淪亡、淪喪— to perish, be lost
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension