TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
澡
澡 ＝ 氵 ＋ 喿
ㄗㄠˇ · zǎo
verb — to bathe, wash (the body)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
喿聲zào — gives the sounda flock of birds (品) chirping in a tree (木) — noise
Tzào → zǎo — same sound, tone fell
Water (氵) over the whole body — to bathe. 喿 zào carries the sound (only the tone shifted to zǎo); it draws birds chattering in a tree, the splashy noise of a wash. From it: 洗澡、澡盆、澡堂. 喿 runs a busy series: 操、燥、躁、噪.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水（氵）澆下來，一身嘩啦（喿）——澡。
Water (氵) pours down, the whole body splashing and clamouring (喿) — a bath.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)洗澡— to bathe常用
→澡堂— bathhouse
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension