TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
仿
仿 ＝ 亻 ＋ 方
ㄈㄤˇ · fǎng
verb — to imitate, copy; to resemble
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person — the one copying
Tfāng → fǎng — the tone dips
A person (亻) with 方 fāng for the sound, the tone dipped to fǎng. To set yourself beside another and do as they do — to imitate: 模仿、仿照, and what comes close to the real thing: 仿冒, 仿佛.
意 · Meanings
(本義)模仿— to imitate, copy常用
→仿照— to follow the model of
⇒仿冒— to counterfeit, fake
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
方fāngthe sound inside — 方 stands as the square alone; 仿 adds the person who copies it倣fǎngthe variant — 倣 sets 放 on the right; 仿 keeps the plain