entries → 蝸
TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
蝸 character · B1 (est.)
蝸 ＝ 虫 ＋ 咼
ㄨㄛ · wō
noun — a snail (in 蝸牛)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

虫義a small creature, a bug
咼聲guō — gives the sound, worn to wōa twisted, crooked mouth
{g,k,w}Iguō → wō — the initial worn away to w
A small creature (虫) and 咼 guō for the sound, worn to wō. The word is the snail — 蝸牛, the creature that carries its coiled house. 咼 runs through a family of coiled, hollowed things: 渦 (a whirlpool), 鍋 (a pot), 窩 (a nest).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻蟲（虫）背著彎彎（咼）的螺殼，慢慢爬——蝸。
A bug (虫) hauling its crooked (咼) coiled shell, inching along — 蝸.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)蝸牛— a snail常用
→蝸居— a cramped little dwelling
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
渦wōthe 咼 series — water beside it for a whirlpool鍋＝ 金 ＋ 咼guōthe 咼 series — metal beside it for a pot