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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
扛 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
扛 ＝ 手 ＋ 工
ㄍㄤ · gāng
verb — to lift or carry (on the shoulder); to bear

字源 FORM — what the parts do

手義a hand (扌)
工聲gōng — gives the soundthe same 工 as in 工作, worn from gōng to gāng
FTgōng → gāng — the same {g} initial, vowel and tone shift
A hand (扌) heaves the load up — 扛 is to lift it, then to carry it on the shoulder. 工 gōng carries the sound, worn to gāng. From the shoulder lift comes everything you bear and hold up.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻手（扌）抵住重物往上一頂，扛上肩——走。
One hand (扌) braces under the weight and heaves — up onto the shoulder, and off.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)扛起— to lift (on the shoulder)常用
→扛抬、扛東西— to carry, haul
⇒扛住、扛下來— to bear up under, take the strain
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
工gōngthe sound donor — bare 工 keeps gōng, 扛 adds the hand and shifts to gāng缸gāngthe 工 series — same sound family, an earthen jar