TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
爸
ㄅㄚˋ · bà
noun — dad
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tbā → bà — only the tone bends
Father (父) above, 巴 bā below for sound, tone bent to bà — the word children say, written down. Doubled the way they say it: 爸爸.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
門一開，小孩朝著父（父）衝過去：「爸爸！」
The door opens; the child runs at his father (父) — "Bàba!"
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)爸爸— dad常用
→老爸— dad — the grown-up's easy form
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension