痰 (tán) — phlegm, mucus

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字

痰 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)

痰＝疒＋炎

ㄊㄢˊ · tán

noun — phlegm, mucus

字源 FORM — what the parts do

疒義sickness — what the body throws up when ill

炎聲yán — gives the soundtwo fires stacked; the initial worn from y to t

I≠yán → tán — initial shifts to t along the 談淡 run, final and tone hold near

Sickness (疒) named by sound — the phlegm coughed up when ill. 炎 yán carries the sound, the initial worn from y to t along the 談淡 run. The word lives in 痰液, 吐痰, 化痰.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

胸口兩團火（炎）一燒，黏住的東西咳上來——痰。

Two fires (炎) burn in the chest and something thick coughs up — phlegm.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)痰— phlegm, mucus常用

→吐痰、化痰— to spit phlegm; to clear phlegm

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension