TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
葡
葡 ＝ 艸 ＋ 匍
ㄆㄨˊ · pú
noun — grape (only in 葡萄)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass — the plant on top (寫作 艹)
匍聲pú — gives the sounda body (勹) crawling low to the ground (甫)
Grass (艹) marks it a plant; 匍 pú — a body crawling low — gives the sound, fitting a vine that creeps. It lives only in 葡萄, the grape, a foreign name carried in on its sound. The same 匍 builds 蒲.
意 · Meanings
(本義)葡萄— grape — the first half of the word常用
→葡萄酒、葡萄糖— wine; glucose — both built on the grape
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
蒲púthe series — + 浦, the cattail by the water萄＝ ＋ 匋táothe inseparable partner — 葡 always leads into 萄