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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
膨 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)
膨 ＝ 月 ＋ 彭
ㄆㄥˊ · péng
verb — to swell, expand, inflate

字源 FORM — what the parts do

月義flesh (肉) — the body radical, written 月
彭聲péng — gives the sound
Flesh (肉, written 月) for the body; 彭 péng carries the sound straight across. Together they write flesh that puffs out and grows — to swell, to expand. Its common partner is 脹: 膨脹, the steady inflating of a balloon or an economy.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

肉（肉）旁敲著彭（彭）的鼓聲，一下一下脹大。
Flesh (肉) beside the drumbeat of 彭 — swelling with every blow.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)膨脹— to swell, expand常用
→膨大— to grow bulky, balloon out
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
澎péngshares 彭 — 澎 takes water 氵 (surging waves), 膨 takes flesh 月彭péngthe sound side — the drum-roll, lent for its reading