TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
渴
渴 ＝ 氵 ＋ 曷
ㄎㄜˇ · kě
adj — thirsty; verb — to crave
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
曷聲hé — gives the sounda cry of "why, how?"
IFThé → kě — the sound shifted across the 曷 family
The water radical (氵) marks what the body is short of — water run dry, the throat parched. 曷 hé carries the sound, worn to kě. From the dry throat came craving itself (渴望). 曷 builds the series: 喝、揭、竭.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一身的水（氵）盡了——喉嚨乾得發聲，渴。
The body's water (氵) is gone — the throat so dry it rasps: thirst.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)口渴— thirsty常用
→渴望— to crave, yearn for常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension