TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
捆
捆 ＝ 扌 ＋ 困
ㄎㄨㄣˇ · kǔn
verb — to tie up, bind, bundle; noun — a bundle
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
Tkùn → kǔn — only the tone turns
The hand (扌) draws cord tight around things to hold them as one — to bind, to bundle. 困 kùn carries the sound, the tone turned to kǔn. 捆綁、捆束、一捆.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
柴堆散著，手（扌）拿繩一圈圈纏緊，像困（困）住一樣——捆成一束。
The firewood lies loose; the hand (扌) winds cord tight round and round, hemming it in (困) — bound into one bundle.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)綁、捆束— to tie up, bind
→捆綁、捆紮— to bundle, truss常用
⇒一捆、成捆— a bundle, by the bundle
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension