TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
裝
ㄓㄨㄤ · zhuāng
verb — to dress, pack, load; to install; to pretend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tzhuàng → zhuāng — the tone shifted off the donor
Clothing (衣) for the meaning; 壯 zhuàng — the strong man — gives the sound, worn one tone to zhuāng. From dressing the body: packing and loading, 包裝、裝載; installing, 安裝; and putting on a false front, 假裝. The same 壯 builds 妝.
意 · Meanings
(本義)裝束、服裝— dress, attire常用
→包裝、裝載— to pack, load
⇒安裝— to install
⇒假裝、裝病— to pretend, put on a front
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension