TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
糊
ㄏㄨˊ · hú
verb/adj — to paste; muddled, blurry
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Boil rice (米) to a sticky paste — it smears and glues. 胡 hú carries the sound, the same piece in 湖 and 蝴. Sticky and smeared over, hence the blur: 糊牆、模糊、糊塗.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
米（米）熬成黏漿，往牆上一抹——全糊成一片，看不清了。
Rice (米) boiled to a sticky paste, smeared on the wall — it all blurs into one smudge.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)米漿、糊— rice paste; glue
→糊牆、糊口— to paste up; to scrape a living
⇒模糊、糊塗— blurred; muddled常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension