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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
奔 character · A2 (est.)
奔 ＝ 大 ＋ 卉
ㄅㄣ · bēn
verb — to run fast, rush; to flee

字源 FORM — what the parts do

大義a person striding, arms and legs flung wide
卉聲the worn sound pieceonce three feet racing, now flattened to a grass-like 卉
{b,p,f}IF≠the worn sound piece anchors the 賁噴 series — b and p of {b,p,f}, the reading here bēn
A figure with limbs thrown wide (大) over a sound piece worn down to 卉 — in the oldest graph, three feet pounding the ground at once. To run flat out, then to rush about and to flee: 奔跑、奔波、私奔.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一個人（大）甩開手腳，腳下三步併作一步（卉）——直往前奔。
A figure (大) flings its limbs wide, three strides at once underfoot (卉) — running flat out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)奔跑、飛奔— to run fast, rush常用
→奔波、奔走— to rush about, toil
⇒私奔— to elope — to flee together
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
賁bēnshares the sound — 賁 piles 卉 over a cowrie 貝, 奔 sets it under a person 大夭yāoa top-half lookalike — 夭 bends the head, 奔's 大 strides straight