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漂
漂 ＝ 氵 ＋ 票
ㄆㄧㄠ · piāo/piǎo/piào
verb — to float (piāo); to rinse, bleach (piǎo); adj — pretty (piào, in 漂亮)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
Tpiào → piāo — the tone lifts; piǎo bends it again
Water (氵) carrying what will not sink — to float, piāo. 票 piào gives the sound, the tone lifting. Cloth rinsed and wrung in the current reads piǎo — 漂白. The third reading keeps to one word: 漂亮, piào.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
花瓣落在水（氵）面，不沉，跟著水慢慢走遠。
Petals settle on the water (氵); they ride, and the current walks them away.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
piāo
(本義)漂流、漂浮— to float, to drift常用
piǎo
(引申)漂白、漂洗— to bleach, to rinse — water working on cloth
piào
(引申)漂亮— pretty常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension