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癮 character · B1 (est.)
癮 ＝ 疒 ＋ 隱
ㄧㄣˇ · yǐn
noun — an addiction, craving

字源 FORM — what the parts do

疒義the sickness frame — a body against a couch
隱聲yǐn — gives the soundhidden, concealed
The sickness frame (疒) over 隱, which lends the sound yǐn and a fitting picture: the craving works hidden (隱), a sickness you can't see from outside until it pulls. From the buried hunger: 煙癮、毒癮、上癮、癮君子.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

病框（疒）裡藏（隱）著一股渴求，不犯不露——癮。
Under the sickness frame (疒) a craving lies hidden (隱), unseen until it pulls — an addiction.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)上癮、煙癮、毒癮— addiction, craving常用
→癮君子、過癮— an addict; to get one's fill
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
隱yǐnthe phonetic alone — 隱 takes 阝 (a mound) to hide behind; 癮 takes 疒 for the craving癖pǐthe cousin under 疒 — 癖 is a fixed habit or quirk; 癮 is the pulling craving