TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
府
府 = 广 + 付
ㄈㄨˇ · fǔ
noun — government office; residence
字源 FORM — what the parts do
广義a roofed hall
Tfù → fǔ — only the tone bends
Under the roof (广), things handed in (付) — the storehouse where documents were delivered and kept. 付 fù gives the sound, the tone bending to fǔ. From the archive hall to the offices around it, 政府; and the grand residence, 總統府.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
差役抱著一捆文書進門(广),交(付)上去,架上又滿一格。
A runner carries a bundle of documents in under the roof (广), hands them over (付) — another shelf fills.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)文書庫房— the document storehouse
→官府、政府— government office常用
→王府、總統府— a great residence
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension