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花
花 ＝ 艹 ＋ 化
ㄏㄨㄚ · huā
noun — a flower; verb — to spend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艹義plants, grass
Thuà → huā — only the tone lifts
A plant (艹) with 化 for sound, tone lifted to huā — and 化 is change: the bud turning into bloom. Money and time open up and go the same way: 花錢、花時間.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
昨天還是綠苞，今早就變（化）了——草（艹）裡開出第一朵。
A green bud yesterday; this morning it has changed (化) — the first bloom out of the grass (艹).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)花— a flower常用
→花貓、花布— patterned — many-colored
⇒花錢、花時間— to spend — money, time常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension