TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
永
永 ＝ 水 ＋ 彡
ㄩㄥˇ · yǒng
adj/adv — eternal, forever; long-lasting
字源 FORM — what the parts do
彡形the trailing lines of a long current
A long river forking and running on — water (水) drawn out with trailing flow-lines (彡), now fused into the single shape 永. From a current that never ends: lasting, eternal, forever — 永遠、永久、永恆.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一條長河（水）分了岔，水紋（彡）一路拖向遠處——流不到頭。
A long river (水) forks, its ripples (彡) trailing off into the distance — with no end to the flow.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)長— long (of a current) — the original sense
→永遠、永久— forever, eternal常用
⇒永恆、永生— everlasting, eternal life
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension