TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
浪
浪 ＝ 氵 ＋ 良
ㄌㄤˋ · làng
noun/verb — wave; unrestrained, to drift
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
{l}FTliáng → làng — vowel and tone both shift
Water (氵) with 良 liáng for the sound. The surface heaved into ridges — the wave (波浪). A wave goes where it likes and answers to nothing, so the word also rides loose: 流浪 (drift), 浪費 (squander). The reading slid from liáng to làng as the sound wore.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水（氵）一層一層湧起，拍上岸又退回去。
The water (氵) heaves up in ridges, breaks on the shore, slides back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)波浪、海浪— wave常用
→流浪、浪跡— to drift, roam常用
⇒浪費、放浪— to squander; unrestrained常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension