TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
瀟
瀟 ＝ 氵 ＋ 蕭
ㄒㄧㄠ · xiāo
adj — (of water) deep and clear; free, unrestrained (in 瀟灑)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
蕭聲xiāo — gives the sound, the same 蕭 as the surname, given straight
Water (氵) running deep and clear — 瀟 names water that is clean and unhurried. 蕭 xiāo carries the sound straight, unworn. Paired into 瀟灑, the clear-water ease turns into a way of carrying oneself: free, unbound.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道水（氵）清到見底，流得不急不徐——瀟。
A stretch of water (氵) clear to the bed, moving unhurried — limpid.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)瀟瀟— (rain, water) clear and steady常用
→瀟灑— free, unrestrained, debonair常用
⇒瀟湘— the Xiao and Xiang rivers (a place name)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
蕭xiāothe sound donor — bare 蕭 is the grass/surname; add water for the clear stream灑sǎthe partner in 瀟灑 — the easy, unbound air