TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
布
布 ＝ 𠂇 ＋ 巾
ㄅㄨˋ · bù
noun/verb — cloth; to spread, announce, distribute
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𠂇聲the worn 父 — fù gives the sound
Ifù → bù — the f- hardened to b-
A hanging cloth (巾) under 𠂇, the hand-with-a-stick 父 worn down to two strokes on top — 父 fù gives the sound, the f- hardened to b-. The original is to spread out, lay flat; the spread thing is cloth, and what you spread before people is news: 布料、公布、分布.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
雙手把一匹布（巾）攤平，鋪滿整張桌子。
Two hands spread the cloth (巾) flat until it covers the whole table.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)散布、公布— to spread, announce
→布料、棉布— cloth, fabric常用
→分布、布置— to distribute, arrange
→紙幣— banknote (借) — paper money once was cloth money
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
帛bóthe cloth pair — 帛 is plain silk (白+), 布 the woven cloth市shìthe lookalike — 市 has a full top stroke and means market; 布 carries under