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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
爍 character · B1 (est.)
爍 ＝ 火 ＋ 樂
ㄕㄨㄛˋ · shuò
verb/adj — to glitter, sparkle, flash

字源 FORM — what the parts do

火義fire
樂聲yuè — gives the soundstrings on a wooden frame, music
≠yuè → shuò — the donor's reading carried a long way to the modern sound
Fire (火) catching and dropping the light — a sparkle. 樂 supplies the sound, its reading carried far from the one you say now. From the flickering gleam: 閃爍、光爍.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

遠處一點火（火）光，一明一暗地眨——爍。
A far point of firelight (火), winking bright then dim — a glitter.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)閃爍— to glitter, twinkle常用
→光爍— shining, dazzling
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
鑠shuòthe lookalike — 鑠 melts with metal 釒; 爍 sparkles with fire 火樂yuèthe phonetic — read yuè as music, lè as joy; here lends sound to 爍