TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
拍
拍 ＝ 扌 ＋ 白
ㄆㄞ · pāi
verb — to clap, pat, slap; to shoot (a photo)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
{b,p}Ibái → pāi — the b/p crossing
A hand (扌) and 白 bái for the sound, the initial crossing from b to p. The open palm coming down flat: to pat, to clap, to slap. From striking a shutter open, to shoot a photo: 拍手、拍打、拍照. It rides the 白 series — 怕、柏、伯.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手掌（扌）攤平，啪地一拍——拍。
The flat palm (扌) comes down — clap.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拍打、拍手— to pat, clap, slap常用
→拍照、拍片— to shoot a photo, to film常用
⇒拍賣— an auction (calling and striking)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension