TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
瓶
瓶 ＝ 瓦 ＋ 并
ㄆㄧㄥˊ · píng
noun — bottle, vase, jar
字源 FORM — what the parts do
并聲bìng — gives the soundtwo people 从 standing joined together
IFbìng → píng — initial and final both shifted
Fired clay (瓦) shaped into a necked vessel — a bottle or jar. 并 carries the sound, bìng worn to píng. The earlier form wrote 缾 with the jar radical 缶; 瓦 (earthenware) is the everyday version. From it: 瓶子、花瓶、酒瓶. 并 means joined-together, two figures side by side.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一團瓦（瓦）燒成細頸的器皿——瓶。
A lump of fired clay (瓦) is thrown into a narrow-necked vessel — a bottle.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)瓶、瓶子— bottle, jar常用
→花瓶— vase常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
缾píngthe older form — 缾 wrote it with the jar radical 缶 before took over瓦wǎthe building radical — 瓦 is the fired clay 瓶 is made of