TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
患
ㄏㄨㄢˋ · huàn
noun/verb — trouble, calamity; to suffer (an illness)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
I≠chuàn → huàn — the reading drifted off the donor
A heart (心) run through (串) — the worry that skewers it. 串 chuàn carries the sound. From the lodged trouble: 禍患、患難 — and the thing that strikes you, 患病、患者.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一根籤子（串）直直穿過心（心），那口憂愁卡著拔不掉。
A skewer (串) runs clean through the heart (心); the worry lodges and won't pull free.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)憂患、禍患— trouble, calamity常用
→患難— hardship, adversity
⇒患病、患者— to fall ill; a patient
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension