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汗
汗 ＝ 氵 ＋ 干
ㄏㄢˋ · hàn
noun — sweat; verb — to perspire
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water — body fluid
ITgān → hàn — g softens to h, tone shifts
Water (氵) off the body — sweat. 干 gān carries the sound, worn from g to h. The 氵 marks it as a bodily fluid, not the dry shield 干 stands alone for.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
大熱天，皮膚上（氵）滲出一層水，鹹的。
A hot day, a film of water (氵) breaking out on the skin — and it tastes of salt.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)汗水、出汗— sweat; to perspire常用
→汗流浹背— drenched in sweat — soaked through
⇒汗馬功勞— hard-won merit — sweat of the warhorse
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension