TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
釀
釀 ＝ 酉 ＋ 襄
ㄋㄧㄤˋ · niàng
verb — to brew, ferment (wine); to lead to, breed (a result); noun — wine
字源 FORM — what the parts do
酉義a wine jar
ITxiāng → niàng — the 襄 series scatters into n-, r-, x- (釀, 攘, 讓)
A wine jar (酉) plus the sound 襄 (xiāng) — to make wine, to ferment. 說文 says it plainly: 作酒曰釀, making wine is called 釀. From the slow turning of grain into wine came the figure for anything that builds quietly to a result: 釀成大禍, brewing into disaster.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
米和麴下進酒罈（酉），封好，等它一點一點變成酒——釀。
Rice and yeast go into the wine jar (酉), sealed, left to turn bit by bit into wine — 釀.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)釀酒、發酵— to brew, ferment wine常用
→釀成、醞釀— to lead to, breed (a result)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension