TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
擁
擁 ＝ 扌 ＋ 雍
ㄩㄥˇ · yǒng
verb — to embrace, hold; to crowd around; to possess
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
雍聲yōng — gives the sounda blocked, enclosed stretch of water
Tyōng → yǒng — the tone shifts
Arms (扌) close around something — to embrace. 雍 yōng, water hemmed in, carries the sound, worn to yǒng. From 擁抱, the crowd pressing in: 擁擠, and what you hold as your own: 擁有.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）張開環過去，把人緊緊抱進懷裡，像雍（雍）水圍住一池。
The arms (扌) open and close around, gathering the person in close — the way 雍's banks hem a pool of water.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)擁、擁抱— to embrace, to hold常用
→擁擠、擁護— to crowd; to rally behind常用
⇒擁有— to possess, to own常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
壅yōngthe series — 壅 sets over 土 (to dam up with earth), 擁 keeps the hand 擠＝ ＋ 齊jǐthe partner in 擁擠 — the pressing crowd