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柏
ㄅㄞˇ · bǎi/bó
noun — cypress; (bó) used in transliterations (柏林 Berlin)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tbái → bǎi — only the tone bends
Wood (木) plus the sound 白 (bái, tone bent to bǎi) — the cypress, the evergreen that holds its needles through winter and stands by graves and temples. Paired with the pine, 松柏 names what endures. Read bó, it just lends its sound: 柏林 Berlin.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
墳前那棵樹（木），冬天還是青的，葉子白（白）霜也壓不垮——柏。
The tree (木) at the grave stays green through winter; white (白) frost can't break it — 柏.
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意 · Meanings
(本義)柏樹、松柏— cypress常用
→柏林（bó）— used for sound — Berlin, Plato (柏拉圖)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension