TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
樣
樣 ＝ 木 ＋ 羕
ㄧㄤˋ · yàng
noun — appearance; kind, manner
字源 FORM — what the parts do
羕聲yàng — gives the sound永 a long stream, 羊 on top for its own sound
A tree (木) with 羕 yàng for sound — the original word is the acorn oak, now written 橡. The everyday senses borrowed the graph: the look of a thing (樣子), a model to copy (榜樣), a kind (這樣、一樣).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
樹（木）下撿起兩顆橡實，一模一樣。
Two acorns picked up under the tree (木) — exactly alike.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)橡樹（後作橡）— the acorn oak — now written 橡
(假借)樣子、模樣— appearance — the borrowed branch常用
→一樣、這樣— alike; this kind
→榜樣、樣本— a model; a sample
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
漾yàngthe lookalike — the same with water 氵 rippling, 樣 keeps the tree橡xiàngthe oak got its own character back — freeing 樣 for looks