TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
翔
翔 ＝ 羽 ＋ 羊
ㄒㄧㄤˊ · xiáng
verb — to soar, glide, circle on the wing
字源 FORM — what the parts do
羽義feathers, wings
Iyáng → xiáng — the y-initial shifts to x, same final
Wings (羽) spread to circle on the air (回飛也) — to soar, to glide. 羊 yáng carries the sound, shifted from y to x; it also anchors 祥、詳. From the gliding: 飛翔、翱翔.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
老鷹翅膀（羽）一張，不再拍動，藉著氣流一圈圈盤旋而上。
The hawk spreads its wings (羽) and stops beating them, riding the air up in slow circles.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)飛翔、翔翱— to soar, glide常用
→翱翔— to hover and circle high常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension