TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
拔
拔 ＝ 扌 ＋ 犮
ㄅㄚˊ · bá
verb — to pull up, pull out; to select, promote; to stand out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
犮聲bá — gives the sounda dog jerking off, breaking away
The hand (扌) takes hold and draws something out by the root — to pull up, to extract. 犮 bá carries the sound straight, a breaking-away. 拔牙、提拔、出類拔萃.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）攥住草根，像狗（犮）掙繩一樣猛一扯——連根拔起。
The hand (扌) grips the root and yanks like a dog breaking its leash (犮) — out it comes, root and all.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拔出、拔起— to pull up, pull out
→拔牙、拔草— to extract, weed常用
⇒提拔、選拔— to promote, single out
⇒出類拔萃— to stand out above the rest
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
跋báthe series — foot 足, to trek撥＝ ＋ 發bōthe lookalike — 撥 flicks at 發, 拔 yanks at