TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
瘩
瘩 ＝ 疒 ＋ 荅
˙ㄉㄚ · da
noun — a lump, swelling (in 疙瘩)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
疒義the sickness frame — a body against a couch
荅聲dá — gives the soundsmall beans, a pod
Tdá → da — flattened to the light tone in speech
The sickness frame (疒) over 荅, which lends the sound — dá leaning toward the light da it carries in speech. A swelling on the skin. Like its partner, it keeps no other company: 疙瘩 is where it lives, the bump or knot you point at.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
病框（疒）裡一塊腫起，跟疙連著——疙瘩。
Under the sickness frame (疒) a swelling, joined to 疙 — a lump.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)疙瘩— a lump, swelling常用
→心裡的疙瘩— a knot — a snag in the heart
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
疙＝ ＋ 乞gēits partner — together 疙瘩; 瘩 takes , 疙 takes 乞瘡chuāngthe lookalike under — 瘡 is an open sore; 瘩 is a closed swelling