TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
癢
癢 ＝ 疒 ＋ 羊
ㄧㄤˇ · yǎng
verb/adj — to itch, be itchy
字源 FORM — what the parts do
疒義the sickness frame — a body against a couch
Tyáng → yǎng — tone lifted off the donor
The sickness frame (疒) over 羊, which lends the sound — yáng tipped up to yǎng. The skin's small torment that begs to be scratched. From the itch on the body comes a figurative itch too: 手癢, the hands that can't keep still, the urge you can't sit on.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
病框（疒）下一陣發癢，手忍不住要去抓——癢。
Under the sickness frame (疒) a prickle rises; the hand can't help reaching to scratch — an itch.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)發癢、癢癢— to itch, be itchy常用
→手癢、技癢— itching to do something — the restless urge
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
痒yǎngthe variant — 痒 writes the same itch; 癢 is the standard zh-Hant form養＝ ＋ 食yǎngthe same phonetic — 養 feeds (raise, nourish); 癢 takes for the itch