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甜
甜 ＝ 舌 ＋ 甘
ㄊㄧㄢˊ · tián
adj — sweet
字源 FORM — what the parts do
甘義sweetness — a mouth holding the good thing, the short stroke inside
The tongue (舌) set on sweetness (甘 — a mouth with the good morsel held inside); together they write sweet. 甜湯、甜點 at the table; words turn 甜, and sleep does too — 睡得很甜.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
糖在舌（舌）尖化開，那一點甘（甘）慢慢散開來。
The sugar melts on the tongue's (舌) tip; the sweetness (甘) spreads slow.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)甜— sweet常用
→嘴甜— honeyed words
→睡得甜— sweet sleep — deep and easy
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
甘gānthe bare sweetness — mouth and morsel苦kǔthe opposite taste