TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
盛
盛 ＝ 皿 ＋ 成
ㄕㄥˋ · shèng/chéng
adj — flourishing, abundant; (chéng) verb — to fill, hold (in a vessel)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
皿義a dish, a vessel
Tchéng → shèng — the flourishing reading drops the tone (chéng stays for "to fill")
Grain heaped in a vessel (皿) for the offering — full to the brim (黍稷在器中以祀者也). 成 chéng carries the sound. Read chéng, the act of filling; read shèng, the state of fullness — abundant, flourishing: 盛大、興盛.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一只大盆（皿）堆得冒尖，穀物滿到要溢出來——這就叫盛。
A great bowl (皿) heaped past its rim, grain spilling over — that fullness is 盛.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
shèng
(引申)盛大、興盛— flourishing, abundant, grand常用
→盛開、盛行— in full bloom; prevalent常用
chéng
(本義)盛飯、盛湯— to fill, dish up (into a vessel)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
成chéngthe phonetic alone — 成 is to complete, 盛 sets a vessel beneath it皿mǐnthe base it sits in — the open dish itself