entries → 髒
TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
character · A2 (est.)
髒 =
ㄗㄤ · zāng
adj — dirty, filthy, grimy

字源 FORM — what the parts do

bone — the body, the flesh that picks up grime
zhuāng — gives the sound, worn from zhuāng to zāng
ITzhuāng → zāng — the medial drops, the tone shifts
A body of bone (骨) — 莊 zhuāng carries the sound, worn to zāng. Together they write what cakes onto skin and bone, the unclean: 髒亂、髒話.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一身肉()滾過泥地,沾得整片都是污。
A body of flesh and bone (骨) rolled through the mud, grimed all over.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)髒、不乾淨— dirty, filthy常用
髒亂、髒話— grubby and messy; foul language常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension