TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
誦
誦 ＝ 言 ＋ 甬
ㄙㄨㄥˋ · sòng
verb — to recite, to chant, to read aloud from memory
字源 FORM — what the parts do
甬聲yǒng — gives the sounda hanging bell-handle; here for the reading
IFTyǒng → sòng — the reading shifts
Words (言) sounded out aloud — to recite, to chant from memory. 甬 yǒng, a bell's hanging handle, lends the sound, drifting to sòng. From the chanting: 背誦 to recite from memory, 朗誦 to declaim, 吟誦. The same 甬 builds 通、痛、勇.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一句句話（言）出聲念出來——抑揚頓挫，那是誦。
Word after word (言) read out aloud, rising and falling — that is 誦, reciting.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)誦、諷— to recite, to chant
→背誦、朗誦— to recite from memory; to declaim常用
⇒吟誦— to intone, to chant
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension