TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
洩
洩 ＝ 氵 ＋ 曳
ㄒㄧㄝˋ · xiè
verb — to leak, let out; to vent, give vent to
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
曳聲yè — gives the sound
ITyè → xiè — initial and tone shift, the rhyme holds
Water (氵) finding a way out — to leak. 曳 yè carries the sound, drawn out like the dragging it names. From water escaping, anything let out under pressure: 洩漏、發洩、洩氣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
堤上一道細縫，水絲絲滲出（氵）——洩了。
A hairline crack in the bank, water threading through (氵) — it leaks.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)洩漏、漏出— to leak, let out常用
→發洩、洩憤— to vent, give vent to
⇒洩氣— to lose heart — the air let out
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
泄xièthe twin — 泄 and 洩 write the same word, 世 versus on the right