沖 (chōng) — to flush, rinse; to surge, charge up; to dilute

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字

沖 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)

沖＝氵＋中

ㄔㄨㄥ · chōng

verb — to flush, rinse; to surge, charge up; to dilute

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

中聲zhōng — gives the sounda line through the centre

Izhōng → chōng — the initial shifts

Water (氵) and 中, which carries the sound — the original sense is water welling and pouring (涌). From a gush of water: to flush and rinse (沖洗), to surge upward (一飛沖天), and to thin by pouring through (沖淡). 中 zhōng gives the sound.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一股水（氵）猛地涌起、直往上灌——沖。

A jet of water (氵) wells up and pours straight up — a surge.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)涌、傾瀉— to well up, pour

→沖洗、沖水— to flush, rinse常用

⇒沖天、沖淡— to soar; to dilute

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension