TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
搏
搏 ＝ 扌 ＋ 尃
ㄅㄛˊ · bó
verb — to grapple, fight hand-to-hand; to pounce
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
尃聲fū — 甫 with a hand (寸), to spread; gives the soundthe f hardened to b
{b,p,f}ITfū → bó — the {b,p,f} crossing, tone too
The hand (扌) closes on a thing to hold and grapple it — to seize, to fight close. 尃 fū carries the sound, hardened from f to b. From the grip come 搏鬥 (to grapple), 搏擊 (to strike), 脈搏 (the pulse, beating against the hand), 搏命 (to stake one's life).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩隻手（扌）死死扣住對方，誰也不鬆，貼身扭打。
Two hands (扌) lock hard on the other and neither lets go, grappling chest to chest.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)搏鬥、肉搏— to grapple, fight hand-to-hand常用
→搏擊、搏殺— to strike, pounce
⇒脈搏— the pulse — the beat against the hand常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
尃fūthe phonetic, the spreading hand — 搏 sets the grasping hand to it捕＝ ＋ 甫bǔthe lookalike — same hand , but on 甫 (bǔ), to catch, arrest