TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
漲
ㄓㄤˇ · zhǎng/zhàng
verb — (zhǎng) to rise (water, prices); (zhàng) to swell, distend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tzhāng → zhǎng — only the tone shifts off the donor
Water (氵) drawing up and spreading wider — to rise. 張 zhāng carries the sound, only the tone falling to zhǎng. From the rising tide: 漲潮; from the same climb in numbers: 漲價, prices going up. Read zhàng, it is the body swelling — 頭昏腦漲.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
雨後溪水(氵)一點點張(張)開、漫上來——水位高了。
After the rain the stream (氵) spreads wider, creeping up — the water rises.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
zhǎng
(本義)漲潮、上漲— to rise (water)常用
→漲價— (of prices) to rise, go up常用
zhàng
(引申)頭昏腦漲— to swell, feel distended
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension