TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
饒
饒 ＝ 食 ＋ 堯
ㄖㄠˊ · ráo
adj — abundant, plentiful; verb — to spare, let off
字源 FORM — what the parts do
堯聲yáo — gives the sound; a figure piled high
Iyáo → ráo — the initial reshapes, the rhyme holds
Food (食) with 堯 yáo, a figure heaped high, giving the sound. Food piled past need: abundant, plentiful (富饒、豐饒). From having more than enough comes room to give way: to spare, to let someone off (饒恕、饒命).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
食物（食）堆得高高的（堯），吃不完，還有得分給別人。
The food (食) is heaped high (堯), more than can be eaten, with plenty left to give away.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)飽足、豐饒— full, abundant, plentiful常用
→富饒— rich, well-supplied
→饒恕、饒命— to spare, to let off
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
燒＝ 火 ＋ shāothe cousin — fire 火 beside it (to burn), where 饒 sets food 堯yáothe sound donor, the heaped-high figure