TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
蠢
蠢 ＝ 春 ＋ 虫
ㄔㄨㄣˇ · chǔn
adj/verb — stupid, clumsy; to wriggle
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tchūn → chǔn — tone alone shifts
虫義insects — doubled below
Spring (春) on top for the sound, the bugs (虫虫) waking below. The original picture is the wriggling that begins when warmth comes; from clumsy, mindless squirming: 愚蠢、蠢動.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
春天（春）一暖，土裡的蟲（虫）笨拙地扭著身子鑽出來——蠢動。
Spring (春) warms the soil and the bugs (虫) below wriggle clumsily up — 蠢動.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)蠢動— to wriggle, stir
→愚蠢、蠢笨— stupid, foolish常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension