TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
溼
溼 ＝ 氵 ＋ 㬎
ㄕ · shī
adj — wet, damp, moist
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water — the wetness
㬎聲xiǎn — gives the soundfine silk threads (絲) held up to the sun (日) — what hangs out damp to dry
IFTxiǎn → shī — the donor reading drifted far off
Water (氵) clinging to things — damp. The Taiwan-preferred graph 溼 and the wider 濕 are the same word; both build on 㬎 — silk threads (絲) under the sun (日), the very picture of washing hung out still wet. 㬎 carries the sound, worn far from the modern reading. From dampness: humid (潮溼) and the muggy heat (溼熱).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
衣服掛了一整天還滴著水（氵），摸上去黏黏涼涼。
Clothes hung out all day still dripping (氵), cool and clinging to the touch.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)潮溼、溼度— damp; humidity常用
→溼熱、溼氣— muggy; moisture常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension