TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
泊
泊 ＝ 氵 ＋ 白
ㄅㄛˊ · bó/pō
verb — (bó) to moor, anchor; quiet, indifferent; noun — (pō) a lake, a pool
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
Fbái → bó — the final closes from -ai to -o
Water (氵) plus the sound 白 (bái, closed to bó) — a boat comes to rest on the water: to moor, 停泊. A life moored and asking for little is 淡泊, quiet and unhungry. Read pō, the still water itself: 湖泊 a lake, 血泊 a pool of blood.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
船划到岸邊（氵），繩子一繫，不動了——泊。
The boat reaches the water's edge (氵), the rope is tied, it stops moving — 泊.
字源
意 · Meanings
bó
(本義)停泊、泊船— to moor, anchor常用
→淡泊、澹泊— quiet, content with little
pō
(引申)湖泊、血泊— a lake; a pool (of liquid)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
白báithe sound donor inside the water舶bóthe seagoing ship that does the mooring — 船舶