TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
燥
燥 ＝ 火 ＋ 喿
ㄗㄠˋ · zào
adj — dry, parched, arid
字源 FORM — what the parts do
喿聲zào — gives the soundbirds (品) clamouring on a tree (木) — worn together into the right side
Fire (火) on the left drives the water out; 喿 zào on the right gives the sound, unchanged — three mouths (品) of birds chattering over a tree (木). Heat with no moisture left: 乾燥、燥熱, the air and the throat both parched.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
火（火）烤了一整天，連空氣都抽乾了——燥。
A whole day of fire (火) has pulled the very air dry — parched.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)乾燥— dry, parched常用
→燥熱— dry heat — hot and waterless
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension