entries → 濕
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL 2 (est.)
濕 =
ㄕ · shī
adj — wet, damp, humid

字源 FORM — what the parts do

water
shī — gives the soundsilk threads (絲) under the sun (日) — the same piece inside 顯; the bottom of the modern glyph
Water (氵) on one side; 㬎 on the other for the sound — threads (絲) hung in the sun (日), the very part buried at the bottom of 顯 xiǎn. Water plus that piece writes damp: 潮濕、濕氣、濕透.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

剛洗的衣服還在滴水(),摸上去——濕的。
The just-washed clothes still drip (氵); you touch them — wet.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)潮濕、濕氣— damp, humid常用
濕透、淋濕— soaked through常用
濕潤— moist — damp and soft
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension