港 (gǎng) — a harbor, port; a creek inlet

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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字

港 character · B2 (est.)

港＝氵＋巷

ㄍㄤˇ · gǎng

noun — a harbor, port; a creek inlet

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

巷聲xiàng — gives the sounda shared path between dwellings — a lane

{g,k,h}IFxiàng → gǎng — the velar series; rhyme shifts too

Water (氵) running a side-lane off the main flow — a creek inlet, then the harbor where boats lie in. 巷 xiàng, the lane-graph, carries the sound across the velar series to gǎng. The sense settles at the sheltered water: 港口、海港.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

大江邊轉進一道窄水（氵），船一條條靠著——港。

Off the great river a narrow water turns in (氵), boats lying along it one by one — the harbor.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)港汊、水港— a creek inlet off a river

→港口、海港— a harbor, port常用

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