TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
袱
袱 ＝ 衤 ＋ 伏
ㄈㄨˊ · fú
noun — a wrapping cloth, a bundle (in 包袱)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
衤義cloth, clothing (the 衣 radical)
Cloth (衤) and 伏 fú for the sound. A square of cloth you lay flat, pile goods on, and knot up — 包袱, a wrapped bundle. From the bundle carried on the back came the other 包袱: a burden, the weight a person can't set down.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊布（衤）攤平，東西堆中間，四角一綁——包袱。
A square of cloth (衤) spread flat, the goods heaped in the middle, four corners knotted — a bundle.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)包袱、包袱皮— a wrapping cloth, a bundle常用
→包袱— a burden one carries
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
伏fúthe bare phonetic — alone it is a dog lying low (亻+犬); add cloth for the bundle褥rùthe lookalike — both take ; 褥 is the mattress, 袱 the wrapping cloth