TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
剖
剖 ＝ 刂 ＋ 咅
ㄆㄡ · pōu
verb — to cut open, dissect; to lay bare, analyze
字源 FORM — what the parts do
刂義a knife
咅聲pǒu — gives the sounda mouth (口) under a sprouting top
Tpǒu → pōu — only the tone shifts
A knife (刂) splits a thing wide open — to dissect, and so to lay bare and analyze. 咅 pǒu carries the sound, only the tone rising to pōu; the same 咅 sits in 倍、部、陪.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
刀（刂）順中線剖下去（咅），把整個東西敞開來看。
The knife (刂) splits down the midline (咅) and lays the whole thing open to view.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)解剖、剖開— to cut open, dissect常用
→剖析、剖釋— to analyze, lay bare
⇒剖白— to open one's heart, explain oneself
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension