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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
壤 character · C1 (est.)
壤 ＝ 土 ＋ 襄
ㄖㄤˇ · rǎng
noun — soil, earth; territory

字源 FORM — what the parts do

土義earth — the soil itself
襄聲xiāng — gives the sounda packed, layered bundle
ITxiāng → rǎng — the same series carries x and r initials; tone shifts too
Earth (土) and 襄 xiāng carrying the sound. The 說文 sense is soft, worked soil — loose enough to crumble in the hand: 土壤、沃壤、霄壤. The same 襄 sits inside 嚷、讓.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一把鬆土（土）在掌心一捏就散——好壤。
A handful of loose earth (土) crumbles in the palm — good soil.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)土壤、沃壤— soil, loose earth常用
→壤土— fertile worked soil
⇒霄壤、接壤— the gap of sky-and-earth; to border on
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
嚷＝ 口 ＋ 襄rǎngshares 襄 — 嚷 takes 口 to shout, 壤 takes 土 for soil攘rǎngshares 襄 — 攘 takes the hand 扌 to fend off, 壤 takes 土