TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
龐
龐 ＝ 广 ＋ 龍
ㄆㄤˊ · páng
adj/noun — huge, vast; a face (面龐)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
广義a roofed shelter
{l,p}ITlóng → páng — the initial swings to p, the tone lifts
A roofed shelter (广) housing a dragon (龍) — and 龍 lóng, big as it is, carries the sound, worn across to páng. The picture of something vast under a roof gives huge and sprawling: 龐大、龐雜.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋頂（广）底下塞著一條 龍（龍）——大得撐滿了整間屋。
Under a roof (广) is crammed a whole dragon (龍) — so huge it fills the house.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)龐大、龐然— huge, vast常用
→龐雜— sprawling and mixed
⇒面龐— the face
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension