TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
穩
穩 ＝ 禾 ＋ 㥯
ㄨㄣˇ · wěn
adj — steady, stable, secure
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義grain
㥯聲yǐn — gives the soundthe right side, the same element inside 隱 — now worn to a tangle of strokes
ITyǐn → wěn — initial and tone both move
Grain (禾) gathered and stored — the granary that carries a household through the year, so nothing wobbles. 㥯 yǐn carries the sound, its initial slid to w. Full bins, settled house: 穩定、穩重、安穩.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
穀子（禾）一囤囤堆滿倉，人站在上頭——一點不晃。
The grain (禾) piled bin on bin; stand on a full store and nothing shifts under you.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)安穩— steady, secure常用
→穩定— stable; settled常用
⇒穩重— steady in bearing — reliable
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension