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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
溶 character · B1 (est.)
溶 ＝ 氵 ＋ 容
ㄖㄨㄥˊ · róng
verb — to dissolve, melt into liquid

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water
容聲róng — gives the sounda roof 宀 over a valley 谷 holding space — to hold, to contain
Water (氵) taking a solid up into itself — to dissolve. 容 róng carries the sound, the roof-over-valley graph of holding, an exact match. The sense holds at melting into liquid: 溶解、溶化、溶液.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一塊糖丟進熱水（氵），攪兩下——不見了，溶了。
A lump of sugar in hot water (氵), two stirs — and it is gone, dissolved.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)溶解、溶化— to dissolve, melt常用
→溶液、溶劑— a solution; a solvent
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
熔róngthe partner — 熔 melts by fire 火, 溶 melts into water 氵