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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
濫 character · B2 (est.)
濫 ＝ 水 ＋ 監
ㄌㄢˋ · làn
verb/adj — to overflow; excessive, indiscriminate

字源 FORM — what the parts do

水義water
監聲jiān — gives the soundan eye bent over a basin of water
{j,l}ITjiān → làn — the j crosses to l, tone shifts
Water (水) spilling past its edge — a flood. 監 jiān carries the sound, worn from j to l, and it already holds water: an eye looking down into a basin. From water that overruns, anything done past all measure: 氾濫、濫用、寧缺勿濫.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

盆裡的水（水）一直加，加到溢出盆沿，淌了一地——濫。
Keep filling the basin of water (水) until it brims over the rim and runs across the floor — overflow.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)氾濫— to overflow, flood常用
→濫用— to misuse, use to excess
⇒濫竽充數— indiscriminate, padding the count
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
瀾lánthe lookalike — 瀾 carries 闌 below; 濫 carries 監監jiānthe phonetic alone — the eye over the water-basin, no flood yet