TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
並
ㄅㄧㄥˋ · bìng
adv/conj — side by side; and, moreover; (with negation) at all
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Two figures standing (立 立) shoulder to shoulder, level with each other — side by side, together. From standing level come 並排 and 並肩; the linking word that sets two things on a par, 並且; and before a "no", the flat "not at all" of 並不、並非.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩個人（立、立）肩並著肩站定，一般高——誰也不在誰前頭。
Two figures (立, 立) stand shoulder to shoulder, of a height — neither ahead of the other.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)並列、一起— side by side, together常用
→並且、並— and, moreover
⇒並不、並非— not at all (before a negation)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension