TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
潮
ㄔㄠˊ · cháo
noun — tide; a surge, trend, current
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Water (水) that rises and falls on a schedule — the tide. 朝 cháo carries the sound, the same morning when the sea turns toward the shore. From the regular swell, anything that surges and recedes like one: 潮流、熱潮、風潮.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天剛亮，海水（水）一寸寸爬上沙灘——潮來了。
First light, and the sea (水) climbs the sand inch by inch — the tide is in.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)潮水、潮汐— tide常用
→潮溼— damp, moist
→潮流、熱潮— trend, craze — a surge of the crowd
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
朝cháothe phonetic alone — 潮 adds to wet it; 朝 keeps the bare morning嘲cháothe kin in the series — 嘲 mocks with the mouth 口; 潮 rises with water