藥 (yào) — medicine

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字

藥 character · TOCFL 1

藥＝艹＋樂

ㄧㄠˋ · yào

noun — medicine

字源 FORM — what the parts do

艹義plants

樂聲yuè — gives the soundthe 樂 that reads yuè in 音樂; it reads lè in 快樂

Fyuè → yào — the final wears round

Plants (艹) that treat the sick — 說文: 治病艸. 樂 gives the sound, the yuè of 音樂, worn to yào. Medicine was herbs first; the grass on top remembers it, even on 火藥 — the fire-drug the alchemists cooked up.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

藥草（艹）在罐裡熬，滿屋子都是苦味。

Herbs (艹) simmering in the pot — the whole room gone bitter.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)草藥、藥— medicine — the healing herbs常用

→火藥— gunpowder — the fire-drug

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension