TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
葬
ㄗㄤˋ · zàng
verb — to bury, inter
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艹義grass above
廾義two hands at the foot — laying it down
A corpse (死) laid in the grass, grass above (艹) and hands below (廾) settling it in — the old way of burial, the body bedded in thick brush. From that: 埋葬、葬禮、火葬.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
草（艹）上草（艹）下，兩手（廾）把死者（死）安放進去——葬。
Grass above (艹), grass below, two hands (廾) settle the dead (死) into it — buried.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)埋葬、安葬— to bury, inter常用
→葬禮、火葬— funeral; cremation常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
莽mǎngthe lookalike — both bed something between grass and hands ; 莽 hides a dog 犬 in the thicket, 葬 hides the dead