TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
量
ㄌㄧㄤˋ · liàng/liáng
noun — amount, quantity; (liáng) verb — to measure
字源 FORM — what the parts do
One worn picture: the measure's open mouth above (written like 日) and the sack of grain below (worn to the 里-shape) — grain poured in and measured. Read liáng it is the measuring: 測量、量身高; read liàng it is what the measure says: 數量、大量.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
穀子嘩啦啦倒進量器的口（日），滿一斗，記一筆。
Grain rattles into the measure's mouth (日) — one full measure, one mark.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
liàng
(引申)數量、大量— the measured amount — quantity常用
→力量、能量— capacity — strength held in the measure
liáng
(本義)測量、量身高— to measure常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension