TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
遼
遼 ＝ 辶 ＋ 尞
ㄌㄧㄠˊ · liáo
adj — far, distant, vast; (place) Liao
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walk — a road and a foot
尞聲liáo — gives the sounda stacked fire blazing up
The walk (辶) and 尞 liáo, a fire stacked to blaze. A road that runs on and on without end — far, vast. 尞 carries the exact sound, the same in 僚、療、寮. 遼遠、遼闊. It also names the northern state of 遼.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
草原上一條路（辶）伸向天邊，走了三天還在路上。
A single road (辶) runs to the horizon across the grassland; three days on, still on it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)遼遠、遼闊— far, distant, vast常用
→遼東、遼寧、遼國— Liao — a region and dynasty
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension