TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
呈
ㄔㄥˊ · chéng
verb — to present, submit, show; to take on (a form, color)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A mouth (口) over a standing figure (王, worn from 壬) — to set something out plainly before another. From presenting comes both handing up a report and showing a shape: 呈現、呈報、呈獻.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
雙手把文書平平捧起，當面（口）奉上。
The document raised level in both hands and offered, face to face (口).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)平、顯出— to set out plainly, manifest
→呈現— to show, take on (a form)常用
⇒呈報、呈獻— to submit, present up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension