棒 (bàng) — stick, club; adj — excellent, great

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棒 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)

棒＝木＋奉

ㄅㄤˋ · bàng

noun — stick, club; adj — excellent, great

字源 FORM — what the parts do

木義wood

奉聲fèng — gives the soundtwo hands lifting an offering

{b,p,f}ITfèng → bàng, the {b,p,f} crossing — the same 奉 in 捧 pěng, 俸 fèng

Wood (木) plus 奉. 奉 is two hands raising something up; here it lends the sound, f crossing to b. A length of hard wood you grip and swing — the club. The praise sense rides on top: as strong, as solid as a good stick.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩手（奉）緊握一根硬木（木），一掄——結實，夠勁。

Both hands (奉) clamp a length of hard wood (木) and swing — solid, and it hits.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)棍棒、球棒— stick; club; bat常用

⇒很棒、身體棒— excellent; great — strong as a good stick常用

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