TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
烤
ㄎㄠˇ · kǎo
verb — to roast, bake, grill
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Fire (火) underneath, drying and browning what sits over it — to roast. 考 kǎo carries the sound with no drift at all. A late, plain phonetic build: fire for the action, 考 for the reading. From it: 烤肉、烤箱、烤乾.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
火（火）在底下舔著，上頭的肉慢慢焦黃——烤。
Fire (火) licks from below; the meat above slowly browns — roasting.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)烤、燒烤— to roast, grill常用
→烤乾— to dry by heat
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension