TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
莊
莊 ＝ 艸 ＋ 壯
ㄓㄨㄤ · zhuāng
adj — solemn, dignified; noun — a village, manor
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass, growing plants
Tzhuàng → zhuāng — only the tone settles down
Plants (艸) over 壯 zhuàng, strong — the sound, with the tone settled to zhuāng. The picture is sturdy growth: a farmed manor, the 村莊, 田莊. From the gravity of such a settled estate comes the solemn sense, 莊嚴. The same 壯 builds 裝 (to dress) and 妝 (to adorn).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一片壯（壯）實的莊稼（艸）——田莊裡的人，站得也端端正正。
Sturdy crops (艸) growing strong (壯) — and the people of the manor stand just as upright.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)村莊、田莊— a village, a farmed manor
→莊嚴、端莊— solemn, dignified常用
⇒莊家— the banker (in a game) — the one who holds the table
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension