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TSUMUGU · TOCFL A1 (est.) · 字
鍋 character · TOCFL A1 (est.)
鍋 ＝ 金 ＋ 咼
ㄍㄨㄛ · guō
noun — a pot, pan, wok

字源 FORM — what the parts do

金義metal
咼聲guō — gives the sounda mouth set crooked, off to one side
Metal (金) beaten into a round hollow — a cooking pot. 咼 guō, the crooked mouth, carries the sound exactly. From the pan come all the pot words: 鍋子, 火鍋, 飯鍋.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一塊金（金）敲成圓圓的凹，架上火——飯就在鍋裡咕嘟咕嘟。
A sheet of metal (金) beaten into a round hollow, set over the fire — and the rice bubbles away inside.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鍋子— a pot, pan, wok常用
→火鍋、飯鍋— hot pot; a rice cooker
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
咼guōthe sound donor — the crooked mouth, lending only the sound過＝ 辶 ＋ 咼guòthe kin on 咼 — 過 walks the road 辶, 鍋 holds the food on 金