曝 (pù/bào) — (pù) to expose to the sun, air-dry; (bào) to expose, lay bare (曝光)

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字

曝 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)

曝＝日＋暴

ㄆㄨˋ · pù/bào

verb — (pù) to expose to the sun, air-dry; (bào) to expose, lay bare (曝光)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

日義the sun — what does the exposing

暴聲bào — gives the sound; itself already holds a sun drying grain

{b,p}ITbào → pù — the {b,p} crossing for the pù reading; tone too

A sun (日) added in front of 暴, which already pictured grain spread under fierce noon light. 暴 carried off the violent senses; 曝 keeps the drying one, adding a second 日 to hold it. Read pù it is to lay things out in the sun (曝曬); read bào, to bring into the open (曝光).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

又一個太陽（日）壓上來，把暴裡那攤穀子（暴）曬得更透。

A second sun (日) bears down, drying the grain inside 暴 through and through.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

pù

(本義)曝曬、曝露— to expose to the sun, air-dry常用

→一曝十寒— one day of sun, ten of cold — fits and starts

bào

(本義)曝光— to expose (film); to bring to light常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension