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鹹
鹹 ＝ 鹵 ＋ 咸
ㄒㄧㄢˊ · xián
adj — salty
字源 FORM — what the parts do
鹵義brine, the salt-pan — a sack of salt-grains西 over a vessel of scattered salt crystals
咸聲xián — gives the sounda halberd 戌 over a mouth 口 — together, all of them
Brine (鹵) on the left is the sense — 鹵 draws a vessel of salt crystals. 咸 xián on the right gives the sound, no drift, reading kept whole. Together they write the taste of salt: 鹹味、又鹹又苦.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一把鹽（鹵）撒進湯裡——舌頭一嚐，鹹。
A handful of salt (鹵) goes into the soup — one taste, and it's salty.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鹹、鹹味— salty; the salt taste常用
→鹹魚、鹹菜— salted — fish, pickles
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
咸xiánthe phonetic standing bare — 咸 alone means "all, every"; add the brine and it turns to the salt taste鹽＝ ＋ 監yánthe partner in sense — 鹽 is the salt itself, 鹹 is how it tastes