TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
熬
熬 ＝ 火 ＋ 敖
ㄠˊ · áo
verb — to simmer long; to endure, hold out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
敖聲áo — gives the sound放 stripped to 攵 beside 土-over-方, to roam
Fire (火, worn to four dots below) kept low and long under the pot — to simmer down. 敖 áo carries the sound exactly. The slow heat gives the word its other life: to grind out a hard stretch of time. 熬湯、熬夜、熬煎.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
鍋底四點火（火）整夜不熄，湯越燉越稠——熬。
The four dots of fire (火) under the pot never go out all night, the broth thickening — a long simmer.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)熬湯、熬藥— to simmer, decoct常用
→熬夜— to stay up, sit out the night
⇒熬煎— to endure, grind through hardship
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
傲＝ 亻 ＋ àothe lookalike — 傲 sets beside a person 亻; 熬 sets it over fire 灬敖áothe phonetic alone — the roaming graph, no fire yet