胖 (pàng) — fat, plump

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字

胖 character · TOCFL 1

胖＝月＋半

ㄆㄤˋ · pàng

adj — fat, plump

字源 FORM — what the parts do

月義flesh — 肉 in its side-of-a-character shape

半聲bàn — gives the sounditself the half

{b,p,f}IFbàn → pàng — b to p; the nose-final swings from -n to -ng

Flesh (月) and half (半): 說文's word is half a sacrificial carcass — a full side of meat. From the broad slab comes broad and at ease (心廣體胖, the older reading pán), then the everyday fat, pàng. 半 bàn gives the sound, b to p, -n to -ng.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

案上掛著半（半）邊豬，肉（月）油光發亮，沉得很。

Half (半) a hog on the hook, the flesh (月) gleaming and heavy.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)半體肉— half a carcass — a side of sacrificial meat

→心廣體胖— broad and at ease — the reading pán

⇒胖— fat, plump常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension