TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
謊
ㄏㄨㄤˇ · huǎng
noun/verb — a lie; to lie
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Thuāng → huǎng — only the tone moves
Words (言) that are wild and empty (荒) — speech with nothing real under it, a lie. 荒 huāng gives the sound, a tone off. 謊言、說謊、扯謊.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
嘴上的話（言）長得茂盛，地裡（荒）卻空空——謊。
The words (言) grow lush on the tongue, but the ground (荒) under them is bare — a lie.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)謊言、說謊— a lie; to lie常用
→謊話、扯謊— falsehood; to fib
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension