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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
饞 character · C1 (est.)
饞 ＝ 食 ＋ 毚
ㄔㄢˊ · chán
adj — greedy for food, gluttonous

字源 FORM — what the parts do

食義food, eating
毚聲chán — gives the sounda crafty hare (兔) over another (㲋) — sly, grasping
Food (食), and 毚 — a crafty hare stacked over its kind, the picture of something sly and grasping. 毚 chán carries the whole sound exactly. A mouth that craves food the way a hare snatches: 嘴饞, 饞涎, greedy at the sight of a meal.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

看見飯（食），口水直流，像隻搶食的兔子（毚）——饞。
At the sight of food (食) the mouth waters, grasping like a hare (毚) after a meal — greedy.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)嘴饞— greedy for food, gluttonous常用
→饞涎— to drool with craving
⇒饞嘴— a glutton; craving snacks
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
讒chánthe 毚 partner — 讒 grasps with slander (言), 饞 grasps after food (食)毚chánthe sound half — the crafty stacked hare; 饞's donor