TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
佈
佈 = 亻 + 布
ㄅㄨˋ · bù
verb — to spread out, announce, arrange
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person — the doer
布 is cloth spreading flat; 佈 puts a person (亻) at it — the doer written in, the verb made its own character. 布 carries the sound, an exact match. Spread out is 分佈, word spread out is 宣佈, things spread in place are 佈置.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一匹布(布)抖開,鋪過整張桌面,連角落都蓋到了。
A bolt of cloth (布) shakes open and spreads across the table — every corner covered.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)分佈、遍佈— to spread out, be spread常用
→宣佈、發佈— to announce — word spread out
→佈置— to arrange, lay out
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension