TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
鞭
ㄅㄧㄢ · biān
noun — a whip; verb — to whip, to drive on
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tanned hide (革), the stuff a lash is cut from, with 便 biān giving the sound. A leather whip for driving animals forward: the whip itself (馬鞭), and the urging it does — to spur on (鞭策).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一條皮（革）甩出去，啪的一聲落在馬背上，馬就往前衝。
A strip of hide (革) lashes out, cracks across the horse's back, and it bolts forward.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鞭、馬鞭— a whip常用
→鞭打、鞭策— to whip, to spur on
→教鞭— a pointer — a long thin whip-like rod
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension