TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
隆
ㄌㄨㄥˊ · lóng
adj/verb — grand, abundant; to swell, rise high
字源 FORM — what the parts do
降聲jiàng — gives the sound (降聲)split around 生 in the modern glyph: the mound 阝 (阜) on the left, the descent-element above
IFTjiàng → lóng — the descent reading reshaped to the rising one
Something growing (生), with 降 wrapped around it — the mound 阝 (阜) on the left, the descent-element above — abbreviated here only for its sound. Out of the ground a swell rises grand and full: abundant (興隆), and anything bulging upward (隆起).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
土裡的苗（生）一個勁往上頂，頂出一個圓鼓鼓的大包。
The sprout (生) keeps pushing up until it heaves the ground into a round, swelling mound.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)豐隆、隆盛— abundant, full and grand
→興隆— thriving, flourishing常用
→隆起、隆重— to bulge up; grand, weighty
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension