TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
瘟
瘟 ＝ 疒 ＋ 昷
ㄨㄣ · wēn
noun — a pestilence, plague (esp. of livestock or epidemics)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
疒義sickness — spreading through many
昷聲wēn — gives the soundwarmth in a vessel — the same donor under 溫
Sickness (疒) over 昷 — warmth shut in a vessel, the muggy heat that breeds a plague. 昷 wēn carries the sound, exact, the same donor under 溫 (warm). From the festering warmth: 瘟疫, 瘟病, and the cursed 瘟神.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
暑氣（昷）悶在一處發不散，病（疒）就一傳十——瘟。
Damp heat (昷) hangs trapped and unmoving, and the sickness (疒) spreads one to ten — a pestilence.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)瘟疫— a pestilence, plague常用
→瘟病、瘟神— a plague illness; the plague-god
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
昷wēnthe phonetic alone — 瘟 wraps the sickness around it溫＝ 氵 ＋ wēnthe same donor — water 氵 where 瘟 takes the sickness