TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
甭
ㄅㄥˊ · béng
adv — need not, don't bother
字源 FORM — what the parts do
不 not stacked straight on top of 用 use — 不用 squeezed into one graph, and the spoken word squeezes the same way: bù-yòng said fast slurs into béng. What you 不用 do, you 甭 do — 甭管、甭說.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
「不」和「用」疊成一個字，連讀一遍——béng，不用了。
不 and 用 stacked into one graph; say them fast — béng, no need.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)甭、甭管— need not, don't bother常用
→甭說— no need to say (let alone)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
甬béngthe lookalike — 甬 yǒng is a plain tube with no on top; 甭 sits over 別biéthe partner sense — 別 also tells you don't, by a different route