TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
曠
ㄎㄨㄤˋ · kuàng
adj — vast, open, empty; verb — to neglect, let go to waste
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{g,k}ITguǎng → kuàng — the velar g hardens to k, tone shifts
Daylight (日) over 廣 "broad" — sun flooding open ground, nothing in its way: vast, 空曠. 廣 guǎng carries the sound, the velar worn from g to k. Open emptiness turns to wasted time: 曠課、曠日.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
日（日）照著一片廣（廣）闊空地，沒有一棵樹擋光。
The sun (日) over a broad (廣) open field — not one tree to break the light.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)曠— vast, open, bright常用
→空曠、曠野— spacious; open wilderness
⇒曠課、曠日— to skip (class); to let time go to waste
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension