TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
饅
饅 ＝ 食 ＋ 曼
ㄇㄢˊ · mán
noun — a steamed bun (饅頭)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
曼聲màn — gives the sound, worn from màn to mána hand drawing something out long
Tmàn → mán — the tone shifts
A food (食 / 飠) — 曼 màn carries the sound, worn to mán. Together they name the soft steamed bun, the plain white dough swollen full: 饅頭.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一團白麵（飠）擱進蒸籠，慢慢漲（曼）得又大又軟。
Pale dough (飠) set in the steamer, swelling slowly (曼) into a soft full bun.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)饅頭— a steamed bun常用
→肉饅、菜饅— filled steamed buns — meat, vegetable
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension