TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
謠
謠 ＝ 言 ＋ 䍃
ㄧㄠˊ · yáo
noun — a folk song; a rumor
字源 FORM — what the parts do
䍃聲yáo — gives the soundan opaque jar shape, surviving only for its sound
Words (言) sung with no instrument behind them — the folk tune, and the loose talk that spreads the same way. 䍃 yáo holds the sound, its old picture gone dim. 民謠、歌謠、謠言.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一支調子（言）沒人記得誰起的頭——傳著傳著就成了謠。
A tune (言) with no one left who began it — passed along until it becomes rumor.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)歌謠、民謠— a folk song, ballad常用
→謠言、謠傳— rumor, hearsay常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
搖＝ 扌 ＋ yáothe kin — 搖 takes 手 for shaking by hand; 謠 takes for the song that travels䍃yáothe bare phonetic — 謠 adds to give the jar a voice