TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
源
源 ＝ 氵 ＋ 原
ㄩㄢˊ · yuán
noun — source (of a stream); origin
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
原聲yuán — gives the sound, exacta spring (泉) under a cliff (厂) — the first graph for the source itself
原 began as a spring (泉) under a cliff (厂) — the source itself. When 原 wandered off to mean original and plain, water (氵) was added back to keep writing the source. The sound rides exact: yuán.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
山崖（厂）的影子裡，一線泉水（泉）冒出來——又細又冷，這條河從這裡開始。
In the cliff's (厂) shade a thread of spring water (泉) rises — thin and cold; the river starts here.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)水源、源頭— the source of a stream
→來源、起源— origin — where anything starts常用
⇒資源、能源— resources, energy — the wells one draws from
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension