TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
陽
陽 ＝ 阝 ＋ 昜
ㄧㄤˊ · yáng
noun — the sunny side; sun; yang
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阝義a mound — the hill (阜, squeezed to the left)
昜聲yáng — gives the soundthe sun (日) with its rays streaming — light itself
The hill (阝) on its sunlit side — 昜, the sun (日) with rays streaming, gives sound and light at once. South face of a mountain, north bank of a river: that is the 陽 of 襄陽、洛陽. From the lit side: 太陽 the sun, 陽光 sunshine, the bright half of 陰陽.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
清晨，山（阝）的南坡先亮，霜也先化。
First light takes the hill's (阝) south face first — the frost goes there first.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)山南水北— the sunny side — south slope, north bank
→太陽、陽光— the sun; sunshine常用
→陰陽— the yang half — bright, open
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
陰yīnthe opposite slope — the shaded side楊yángthe same on wood — the poplar, the surname