TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
報
ㄅㄠˋ · bào
verb/noun — to report, announce; to repay; newspaper
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卩義a figure kneeling
Manacles (㚔, written like 幸), a kneeling figure (卩), a hand (又) pressing him down — a sentencing. Announcing the verdict grew into announcing anything: 報告, 報紙; and the sentence paid back grew into 報答, 報仇.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（又）把跪著的人（卩）按住，銬（㚔）已經上了——堂上把判決一句一句念出來。
The hand (又) holds the kneeling man (卩) down, the manacles (㚔) already on — the verdict is read out line by line.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)判罪、宣判— to sentence; to pronounce judgment
→報告、報導— to report, announce常用
⇒報答、報仇— to repay, requite — the sentence returned
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension