TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
傅
傅 ＝ 人 ＋ 尃
ㄈㄨˋ · fù
noun — a tutor, mentor; verb — to apply, spread on
字源 FORM — what the parts do
尃聲fū — gives the sounda spreading-out, applying
Tfū → fù — the donor sat in the level tone, 傅 took the falling
A person (人) and 尃 fū, to spread out and lay on. The person who lays knowledge onto a pupil — the tutor: 師傅. The same spreading runs literal: to lay a coating on — 傅粉.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人（人）把學問一層層敷上（尃）弟子——這就是師傅。
A person (人) lays learning on a pupil layer by layer (尃) — the tutor.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)師傅、太傅— tutor, mentor常用
→傅粉、塗傅— to apply, spread on
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension