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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
讓 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
讓 ＝ 言 ＋ 襄
ㄖㄤˋ · ràng
verb — to yield, give way; to let, allow

字源 FORM — what the parts do

言義speech — a mouth with words rising
襄聲xiāng — gives the soundclothes 衣 wrapped around a tangle of work — to assist, to lift
IF≠xiāng → ràng — the reading reshapes, x to r and the vowel opened
言 the speech, 襄 the sound: to step back in words, to hand the place to another — to yield. 襄 xiāng carries the reading, worn whole to ràng. From yielding came 讓路 to give way, and the everyday 讓 — to let, to allow it to happen.
意 · Meanings
(本義)謙讓、讓步— to yield, to concede常用
→讓路、讓位— to give way, to make room
⇒讓我、讓他— to let, to allow
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
襄xiāngthe phonetic, standing alone — clothes wrapped round the work, meaning to assist; 讓 adds 言 for the speech壤＝ 土 ＋ 襄rǎngthe 襄 series next door — 壤 takes 土 (earth) for soil, sharing the worn r-reading