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冠 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
冠 ＝ 冖 ＋ 元 ＋ 寸
ㄍㄨㄢ · guān/guàn
noun — a hat, crown; (guàn) to cap, to rank first

字源 FORM — what the parts do

冖義a cover, a cap
元義a head — the part the cap goes on
寸義a hand — the hand that sets it
A hand (寸) sets a cover (冖) on a head (元) — the cap, and the act of capping. Held over the head it is the hat (guān); placed with the hand it becomes the verb, and from "topmost" comes ranking first (guàn).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻手（寸）拿起帽子（冖），端端正正扣上那顆頭（元）。
A hand (寸) lifts the cap (冖) and settles it square on the head (元).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
guān
(本義)衣冠、皇冠— a hat, a crown常用
→冠冕— ceremonial headgear; dignity
guàn
(本義)冠軍、奪冠— to rank first; the champion常用
→加冠、弱冠— to cap (the coming-of-age rite)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
元yuánthe head inside it — 冠 sets a cover and a hand over 元寇kòushares 元 under 宀 — a raider, not a cap