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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
樸 character · TOCFL 6 (est.)
樸 ＝ 木 ＋ 菐
ㄆㄨˇ · pǔ
adj — plain, simple, unadorned; honest, unaffected

字源 FORM — what the parts do

木義a tree — wood in its natural state
菐聲pú — a dense, rough growth; gives the sound
T菐 pú → 樸 pǔ — only the tone lifts
Wood (木) with 菐 (pú) for the sound — 說文 reads it 木皮, the bark, the tree still in its rough coat. Wood not yet worked is plain and honest, and from that came the everyday sense: 樸素, 質樸, 樸實 — unadorned, sincere.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一截還帶著皮的木頭（木），沒刨沒漆——樸。
A length of wood (木) still in its bark, unplaned and unpainted — 樸.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)木皮、未加工的木— bark; unworked wood
→樸素、質樸— plain, simple, unadorned常用
⇒樸實— honest, unaffected
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
撲＝ 扌 ＋ 菐pūthe 菐 series — 扌 not 木; to pounce, beat朴pòits plainer twin — the same plain-wood sense