TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
漫
漫 ＝ 氵 ＋ 曼
ㄇㄢˋ · màn
verb/adj — to overflow, spread; vast, free, careless
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
曼聲màn — gives the sounda hand drawing out an eye long — to stretch, to draw long
Water (氵) with 曼 màn, the drawing-out of a long line. Water rises past the brim and spreads with no edge to hold it — to overflow (漫過), to spread everywhere (瀰漫). With nothing to bound it: long without end (漫長), strolling at no fixed pace (漫步), and doing as one pleases (散漫, 浪漫).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水（氵）漲過了邊，無邊無際地（曼）鋪滿一地。
The water (氵) rises past the rim and spreads out (曼) with no edge to hold it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)漫過、瀰漫— to overflow, spread常用
→漫長— long-drawn, endless常用
⇒漫步、漫遊— to stroll, ramble常用
⇒散漫、浪漫— free, careless, casual
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
慢＝ 忄 ＋ mànthe lookalike — 慢 is slowness of heart 忄, 漫 is spread of water ; same 曼mànthe bare sound donor — to draw long, before water was added