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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
擺 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)
擺 ＝ 扌 ＋ 罷
ㄅㄞˇ · bǎi
verb — to arrange, set out, display; to sway, swing

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義a hand
罷聲bà — gives the soundto stop, to lay off
{b,p}/-FTbà → bǎi — the final and tone shift
A hand (扌) sets things out in their places — to arrange, to display. 罷 bà carries the sound, worn to bǎi. From laying out: 擺設、擺攤, and what hangs free swings: 擺動、搖擺.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）把碗筷一樣樣擺上桌，擺得整整齊齊，一桌就成了。
The hand (扌) sets out the bowls and chopsticks one by one, arranged just so — the whole table laid.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)擺、擺設— to arrange, to set out常用
→擺攤、擺布— to set up a stall; to manipulate
⇒擺動、搖擺— to sway, to swing常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
罷bàthe bare phonetic — to stop, no hand襬bǎithe 罷 series — 罷 by 衤, the hem of a robe