TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
鹽
鹽 ＝ 鹵 ＋ 監
ㄧㄢˊ · yán
noun — salt; verb — to salt, to cure
字源 FORM — what the parts do
鹵義a salt-flat — grains of salt scattered in a brine pan
ITjiān → yán — the initial drops away, the tone shifts
Brine-salt (鹵, grains in the pan) — 監 jiān, the overseer, lends the sound, worn to yán. The old graph remembers a watched fire boiling seawater down to salt: 食鹽、鹽巴.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
海水入鍋，有人盯著（監）火，水汽散盡——鍋底全是鹵（鹵）鹽。
Seawater in the pan, someone watching (監) the fire, the steam all gone — the bottom left crusted with salt (鹵).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鹽、食鹽— salt常用
→鹽分、鹽水— salinity; brine
⇒加鹽、鹽漬— to salt, to cure in salt
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension