TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
燒
燒 ＝ 火 ＋ 堯
ㄕㄠ · shāo
verb — to burn, set fire to; to cook over flame; to run a fever
字源 FORM — what the parts do
堯聲yáo — gives the sound, worn from y to sha high mound, heaped up
ITyáo → shāo — the initial and tone both shift
Fire (火) beside 堯 yáo, a thing piled high — the sound, later worn from y to sh. Flames climbing a heaped pile: to burn, to cook over it, and the heat that rises in a fevered body — 燒火、燒菜、發燒.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
柴堆高高（堯），底下火（火）一點——整堆都燒起來了。
The woodpile heaped high (堯), one touch of fire (火) at the base — the whole stack goes up.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)燒火、焚燒— to burn, set alight常用
→燒菜、紅燒— to cook over flame; to braise常用
⇒發燒、燒退了— to run a fever — heat rising in the body常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension