TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
邦
邦 ＝ 阝 ＋ 丰
ㄅㄤ · bāng
noun — a state; a nation
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阝義a settlement (邑), on the right
丰聲fēng — gives the sound
{b,p,f}IFfēng → bāng — the {b,p,f} crossing; the final shifts too
A settlement (阝, the 邑 on the right) with 丰 fēng for sound — 說文: 國也, land held as a state. Now mostly inside compounds: the city-state 城邦, ties between states 邦交, an allied state 友邦.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
界碑一立，這片有人煙的地（阝）就成了一邦。
A boundary-stone goes in, and the settled land (阝) becomes a state.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)邦— a state, a domain常用
→邦交— relations between states
→友邦、鄰邦— an allied / neighboring state
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension