TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
揚
揚 ＝ 手 ＋ 昜
ㄧㄤˊ · yáng
verb — to raise, lift up, scatter into the air; to make known
字源 FORM — what the parts do
昜聲yáng — gives the soundthe sun rising, rays spreading
A hand (手) throws upward — to raise, to toss into the air. 昜 yáng, the sun lifting its rays, carries the sound exactly. What goes up gets seen: from 揚手、飛揚 to 宣揚、揚名.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（手）一揚，穀子飛起，昜（昜）的日光裡，糠隨風走。
The hand (手) flings upward; the grain leaps into 昜's sunlight, the chaff carried off on the wind.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)舉起、飛揚— to raise, to fly up常用
→揚手、飄揚— to wave; to flutter
⇒宣揚、揚名— to make known, to spread word
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension