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喝
喝 ＝ 口 ＋ 曷
ㄏㄜ · hē/hè
verb — to drink; (hè) to shout
字源 FORM — what the parts do
曷聲hé — gives the sound
Thé → hē — the tone flattens; the shout reading hè bends it down
A mouth (口) with 曷 hé for sound. First the shout — the voice flung out (hè: 喝采、大喝一聲); speech later poured drinking into the same graph: 喝水、喝茶. Flung out or taken in, the mouth opens just as wide.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
大熱天，涼茶一到手，口（口）一仰——見底了。
A scorching day; the cool tea reaches his hand, the mouth (口) tips back — empty.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
hē
(引申)喝水、喝茶— to drink常用
hè
(本義)喝采、大喝一聲— to shout — the voice flung out
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension