TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
變
變 ＝ 䜌 ＋ 攵
ㄅㄧㄢˋ · biàn
verb — to change
字源 FORM — what the parts do
䜌聲luán — gives the sound, worn farsilk threads (糸) on both sides of speech (言) — a tangle
IFT≠luán → biàn — past any family; the 䜌 series scatters: 戀 liàn、彎 wān、蠻 mán
攵義a hand with a stick — the act
A hand with a stick (攵) works at the tangle (䜌) — threads on both sides of speech. Under the hand the thing turns into something else: 變化, 改變, 變成. 䜌 luán gives the sound, worn all the way to biàn.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
棍（攵）一撥亂線（䜌），線的樣子就不一樣了。
The stick (攵) stirs the tangled threads (䜌) — and their shape is already different.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)改變、變化— to change常用
→變成— to turn into
→變故、事變— the upheaval — change that strikes
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension