TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
燙
ㄊㄤˋ · tàng
adj — scalding, burning hot; verb — to scald; to perm; to iron
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Ttāng → tàng — only the tone lifts
Hot water (湯) over fire (火): water already steaming, then fire under it — too hot to touch. 湯 tāng carries the sound, the tone lifted to tàng. From the burn: 燙傷、燙手; and any heat pressed onto something — 燙髮、燙衣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一鍋湯（湯）底下還燒著火（火）——手一碰就縮回來。
A pot of soup (湯) with the fire (火) still under it — a hand touches and jerks back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)燙— scalding hot; to scald常用
→燙傷、燙手— to get scalded; hot to the touch常用
⇒燙髮、燙衣— to perm; to iron — heat pressed on
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension