TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
響
ㄒㄧㄤˇ · xiǎng
noun/verb — echo, sound; to ring out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Txiāng → xiǎng — only the tone bends
Sound (音) named by 鄉 xiāng, the tone bending to xiǎng. First the echo — sound coming back; then any sound that carries: 響亮、聲響. In 影響 it pairs with the shadow: the echo follows the shout the way the shadow follows the thing.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
對著山谷喊一聲，停一下——那邊把聲音（音）整個送回來。
A shout into the valley, a beat of stillness — then the far side sends the whole sound (音) back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)回聲— echo
→聲響、響亮— a sound that carries; loud常用
→影響— influence — the echo one thing leaves in another常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension