TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
妄
ㄨㄤˋ · wàng
adj — absurd, reckless, presumptuous
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Twáng → wàng — only the tone falls
亡 wáng rides on top and carries the sound, the tone falling to fourth. Underneath, 女. The graph means out of order — and from disorder, everything groundless and rash: 妄想、狂妄.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
心一亂，話就胡來——說的全是妄想。
Once the mind slips its order, the words run wild — all of it 妄想.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)亂— disorder, out of bounds
→妄想— wild fancy, delusion常用
⇒狂妄— arrogant, presumptuous
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension