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湯
湯 ＝ 氵 ＋ 昜
ㄊㄤ · tāng
noun — soup; hot water
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
昜聲yáng — gives the soundthe sun climbing clear of the horizon — 陽's bare self
ITyáng → tāng — 昜's family fans wide: 陽、場、燙、腸
Water (氵) at full heat — 說文: hot water; 赴湯蹈火 keeps the scald. The kitchen narrowed it to the best of the pot: soup. 昜 yáng gives the sound, y hardened to t; in Taiwan 泡湯 still soaks in the old hot water.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
鍋裡的水（氵）滾起來，菜一下鍋，香氣跟著冒上來。
The water (氵) in the pot rolls; the vegetables go in, and the smell climbs out after the steam.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)熱水— hot water — the 赴湯蹈火 scald
→湯— soup常用
→泡湯— a hot-spring soak — the old sense, still steaming
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension