TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
傾
傾 ＝ 人 ＋ 頃
ㄑㄧㄥ · qīng
verb — to lean, tilt; to pour out; to topple
字源 FORM — what the parts do
頃聲qǐng — gives the sound, and also the sensea head (頁) bent to one side
Tqǐng → qīng — the donor reads in the falling-rising tone, 傾 took the level
頃 already shows a head (頁) tilted off-level — and it carries the sound qǐng. Add the person (人): a body leaning, off-balance — 傾斜. From the lean: pouring out what tips over — 傾盆、傾訴, and the fall of what leans too far — 傾倒、傾家.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人（人）的頭（頁）越歪越斜（頃）——整個身子要倒了。
A person's head (頁) tips further and further to one side (頃) — the whole body about to go over.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)傾斜— to lean, incline, tilt常用
→傾盆、傾訴— to pour out
⇒傾倒、傾家— to topple; to collapse
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
頃qǐngthe sound-and-sense half alone — 頃 is the tilted head; 傾 adds the person 亻 who does the leaning