TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
滿
滿 ＝ 氵 ＋ 㒼
ㄇㄢˇ · mǎn
adj — full; satisfied; verb — to fill, reach the brim
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
㒼聲mǎn — gives the soundflattened in print to 艹 over 兩; not the grass or the pair it looks like
Water (氵) risen to the lip of the vessel — full. 㒼 mǎn carries the sound; centuries of copying flattened it into the 艹-over-兩 shape it now wears. From the brimming water: 充滿、滿意、滿載.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水倒進碗裡，漲到邊——再一滴就溢出來了。
Water (氵) pours into the bowl, rising to the rim — one more drop and it spills.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)充滿、滿水— full, filled to the brim常用
→滿意、滿足— satisfied — a filled feeling常用
⇒滿載、滿分— loaded to capacity; a perfect score
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension