TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
浴
浴 ＝ 氵 ＋ 谷
ㄩˋ · yù
verb — to bathe
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
IFT≠gǔ → yù — but 谷 itself reads yù too, and steadies 裕、欲 there
Water (氵) plus 谷. 說文: 洒身也 — to wash the whole body. 谷 lends the sound; though it reads gǔ as "valley," it carries a yù reading too, the one that holds in 裕、欲. Water poured down over the whole body, the way a stream runs the length of a valley: to bathe — 沐浴、浴室.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水（氵）從頭頂淋下，順著身子像流過一條山谷（谷）。
Water (氵) pours from overhead and runs the length of the body like a stream down a valley (谷).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)沐浴、洗浴— to bathe常用
→浴室、浴缸— bathroom; bathtub常用
→淋浴— to shower
⇒浴血— blood-bathed — soaked through
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension