TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
耍
ㄕㄨㄚˇ · shuǎ
verb — to play, fool around, show off
字源 FORM — what the parts do
The top is 而 (a hanging beard, here only its shape), the bottom a person (女) — together a graph for playing, fooling around. To play, to trifle, to show off: 玩耍、耍賴、耍花招.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
上頭一撇撇（而）晃著，底下一個人（女）——又蹦又跳，在那兒耍。
The strokes up top (而) waggling, a person (女) below — capering about, fooling around.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)玩耍、戲耍— to play, frolic常用
→耍賴、耍嘴皮— to act up, be glib
⇒耍花招、耍手段— to play tricks, show off
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension