TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
佛
佛 ＝ 亻 ＋ 弗
ㄈㄛˊ · fó
noun — the Buddha; Buddhism
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person — here, the awakened one
弗聲fú — gives the sounda cord binding two crooked sticks straight; here only for the sound
T≠fú → fó — bent to fit a foreign name, Sanskrit buddha
A person (亻) and 弗 fú for the sound: the graph was waiting when "buddha" arrived from India, and 弗's sound was bent to fó to catch the foreign name. It marks the awakened one — 佛陀、佛教、念佛. It rides the 弗 series: 費、沸、拂.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人（亻）盤腿坐定，世間的「弗」（不）都放下了——佛。
A person (亻) sits still, every "not" (弗) of the world set down — the Buddha.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(假借)佛、佛陀— the Buddha常用
→佛教、佛寺— Buddhism; a Buddhist temple常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
拂fúthe lookalike and series-mate — 拂 sets beside the hand (扌) for to brush off; 佛 sets it beside a person () for the awakened one弗fúthe sound donor — not, a negation