TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
怒
ㄋㄨˋ · nù
verb/noun — to be angry; anger, rage
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tnú → nù — same sound, only the tone falls
A heart (心) with 奴 nú for the sound, only the tone falling to nù. A slave's heart, pressed down and held under, swells until it bursts: that swelling of the heart is anger, rage: 憤怒、發怒、怒火. The same 奴 builds 努.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一顆被壓住的心（心）越憋越脹，到頂——砰地衝了上來。
A pressed-down heart (心) swells and swells under the weight until — all at once — it bursts upward.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)憤怒、發怒— to be angry, rage常用
→怒火、怒氣— fury, wrath
→怒放、怒濤— bursting open (blossoms); raging (waves)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension