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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
資本 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
資本 ＝ 資 ＋ 本
ㄗ ㄅㄣˇ · zīběn
noun — capital; financial resources; backing

字源 FORM — what the parts do

資wealth, resources (資源的資)zī貝 (shell-money) carries the value; 次 zī gives the sound
本root, origin; capital (根本的本)běna short horizontal stroke at the base of the tree 木 marks the root
資本，資源的資，根本的本。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一橫（本）標在樹根——那是錢財（資：貝）生長的地方。
A stroke marks the base of the tree (本: 木 with a root-mark) — the place where the shell-money (資: 貝) is planted. Capital is root money.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
資源zīyuánresources — 資 without the root sense資本主義zīběn zhǔyìcapitalism — 資本 as the governing concept