TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
漢
漢 ＝ 氵 ＋ 𦰩
ㄏㄢˋ · hàn
noun — the Han River; the Han dynasty; Chinese
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water — a river
𦰩聲hàn — gives the soundthe right side it shares with 難、嘆、灘
Water (氵) with 𦰩 for sound — the right side of 難 and 嘆. First a river: the 漢水, down from the Qinling into the Yangtze. The dynasty founded at 漢中 took the river's name, and the name spread to a people and their script — 漢人、漢字; a man stands in it too: 好漢.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
秦嶺的水（氵）出了山，一路向南闊起來——船帆一面一面升上來。
The water (氵) comes out of the Qinling and widens southward — sails rising one after another.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)漢水— the Han River
→漢朝— the Han dynasty
⇒漢人、漢字— Chinese — the people and the script常用
⇒好漢、男子漢— a fellow, a man
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension