TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
敝
敝 ＝ 㡀 ＋ 攴
ㄅㄧˋ · bì
adj — worn out, ragged; my (humble) — verb — to wear out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
㡀聲bì — gives the sounda cloth (巾) shedding flecks — torn and fraying
攴義a hand with a stick — beating at it
㡀 is a cloth (巾) with bits flying off — fraying, coming apart; it carries both the sound bì and the picture of wear. Beside it a hand with a stick (攴) beats the cloth threadbare. From rags: 敝舊 worn out, and the humble 敝人 "this worn-down person, I."
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊舊布越拍越薄，碎屑簌簌往下掉。
An old cloth, beaten thinner and thinner, sheds flecks as it goes.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)破舊、破損— worn out, ragged常用
→敝人、敝處— my (humble): I, my place
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension