柄 (bǐng) — handle, hilt; (figurative) hold on power

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柄 character · C1 (est.)

柄＝木＋丙

ㄅㄧㄥˇ · bǐng

noun — handle, hilt; (figurative) hold on power

字源 FORM — what the parts do

木義wood

丙聲bǐng — gives the sound, exactthe third of the ten stems

Wood (木) with 丙 bǐng, the sound. The wooden part you grip — an axe-handle, a hilt. From the thing held, the figurative hold: 權柄, the grip on power. 丙 also frames 炳 bǐng, bright.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

斧頭那截給手握的木（木）——柄。

The length of wood (木) the hand closes on — the handle.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)把手、刀柄— handle, hilt常用

→葉柄— leaf-stalk

⇒權柄、把柄— hold on power; a handle on someone

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