TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
蔽
蔽 ＝ 艹 ＋ 敝
ㄅㄧˋ · bì
verb — to cover, conceal, screen, shield
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艹義grass — growth that screens from view
Grass (艹) plus 敝 (bì) for the sound — low growth thick enough to hide a thing: to cover, to screen. 遮蔽, 掩蔽 (to conceal), 屏蔽 (to shield). 敝 lends its sound exactly.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一片密草（艹）長起來，把後頭的東西擋得看不見——蔽。
Thick grass (艹) grows up and hides whatever stands behind it — 蔽.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)遮蔽、掩蔽— to cover, conceal, screen常用
→屏蔽、蔽塞— to shield; to block off
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension