TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
本
ㄅㄣˇ · běn
noun — root; origin; measure for books
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A tree (木) with one stroke low on the trunk — here: the root. From the root, the origin of anything (本來、根本、基本), the thing itself (本人、本地), and the bound copy a text grows from — 一本書.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
老樹吹倒了，土翻開——底下那截白白的根，比樹幹（木）還粗。
The old tree blows down, the soil heaves open — the pale root under it thicker than the trunk (木).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)樹根— the root
→根本、本來— origin; originally常用
→本人、本地— one's own; this very
⇒一本書— measure for books — the copy常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension