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慢
慢 ＝ 忄 ＋ 曼
ㄇㄢˋ · màn
adj — slow
字源 FORM — what the parts do
忄義the heart
曼聲màn — gives the sound, exactitself the word for long, drawn-out
The heart (忄) dragging — 說文's gloss is idle, slighting; 傲慢 keeps that edge. 曼 màn gives the sound exactly, and its own sense — long, drawn out — leans in. The everyday slow grew from the drag: 慢慢來.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
心（忄）不在這裡，腳步一拖再拖，路怎麼也走不完。
The heart (忄) is elsewhere; the feet drag and drag, and the road will not end.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)怠慢、傲慢— careless; slighting
→慢— slow常用
⇒慢慢來— take it slow
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension