TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
爹
ㄉㄧㄝ · diē
noun — dad, father (colloquial)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFduō → diē — the reading drifted off the donor
父 the father sits on top — a hand gripping the staff of authority; 多 duō underneath carries the sound, worn to diē. A late, homely word for dad: 爹、爹娘、爹爹.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
父（父）在上頭，多（多）墊在下面——孩子一聲一聲喊著爹。
The father (父) on top, 多 set beneath — and the child calls out, 爹, 爹.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)爹、爹爹— dad, father常用
→老爹、爹娘— old man; father and mother
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension