TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 字
潢
潢 ＝ 氵 ＋ 黃
ㄏㄨㄤˊ · huáng
noun — a pool of standing water; (in 裝潢) to mount, decorate, fit out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water — a standing pool
Water (氵) plus 黃 (huáng) for the sound — 說文 reads it 積水池, a pool of standing water. The everyday word borrows a related craft sense: 裝潢, to mount a scroll or fit out a room — once the dyeing and treating of paper, now interior decoration.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一窪積下來的水（氵），平平一面——潢。
A hollow of water (氵) settled into a still, flat pool — 潢.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)積水池— a pool of standing water
→裝潢— to mount, decorate, fit out常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension