TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
爨
ㄘㄨㄢˋ · cuàn
verb — to cook over a stove; noun — a kitchen stove
字源 FORM — what the parts do
臼義two hands holding a steaming pot
冂義the mouth of the stove
廾義two hands at the bottom, shoving
Hands (臼) lift a pot over the stove mouth (冂), while two more hands (廾) push firewood (林) into the fire (火) below — the whole act of cooking over a stove.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
上頭雙手端穩了鍋，下頭兩手把柴往灶口一塞，火（火）就旺起來了。
Hands up top steady the pot; hands below shove the wood into the stove mouth — and the fire (火) climbs.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)燒火煮飯— to cook over a stove常用
→灶— the cooking stove
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
爂biāothe lookalike piled with fire — 爨 keeps the pot on top, the stove in the middle