TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
腐
ㄈㄨˇ · fǔ
verb/adj — to rot, decay; (food) bean curd
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Flesh (肉) is what rots; 府 fǔ — the storehouse — gives the sound clean. Meat left in the store goes bad: 腐爛. The soft pulp that follows names bean curd: 豆腐. The same 府 builds 俯、腑.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
肉放在倉庫(府)裡太久——腐爛了。
Meat left too long in the storehouse (府) — it rots.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)腐爛、腐敗— to rot, decay常用
→豆腐— bean curd — the soft pulp
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
府fǔthe phonetic alone — the storehouse without the flesh腑fǔthe series — the inner organs