TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
醒
醒 ＝ 酉 ＋ 星
ㄒㄧㄥˇ · xǐng
verb — to sober up; to wake; to come to realize
字源 FORM — what the parts do
酉義a wine jar — wine, drunkenness
Txīng → xǐng — same initial and final, the tone turns
A wine jar (酉) with 星 xīng for the sound — the base sense is the drunkenness clearing, sobering up. From the head clearing comes waking from sleep, 醒來; and the mind clearing, 醒悟、提醒.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
酒（酉）勁退了，抬眼看見一天星（星）——人就醒了。
The wine (酉) wears off; he looks up to a sky of stars (星) — and he's awake.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)醒酒— to sober up
→醒來、睡醒— to wake from sleep常用
⇒醒悟、提醒— to realize; to remind常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
星xīngthe sound donor, bare — a star猩xīngthe sound-mate — 猩 sets beside the beast 犭 (an ape), 醒 sets it beside the jar