瓣 (bàn) — a petal; a segment, clove, section (of fruit/garlic)

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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字

瓣 character · C1 (est.)

瓣＝瓜＋辡

ㄅㄢˋ · bàn

noun — a petal; a segment, clove, section (of fruit/garlic)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

瓜義a melon, a gourdsits in the MIDDLE — the fruit whose flesh splits into sections

辡聲biàn — gives the soundtwo 辛 flanking the melon; sound drifted biàn → bàn

ITbiàn → bàn — the donor reading shifted

The melon (瓜) sits in the middle, flanked left and right by 辛 — the pair written 辡, biàn, carrying the sound, worn toward bàn. The picture is fruit split into segments — 瓜中實: a petal, a garlic clove, a section of orange: 花瓣、蒜瓣、橘子瓣.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一顆瓜（瓜）夾在當中，兩邊一剖——裂成一瓣一瓣。

A melon (瓜) held in the centre, split down both sides — falling into segment after segment.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)瓣— a segment, section (of fruit)常用

→花瓣— a petal常用

⇒蒜瓣、豆瓣— a clove of garlic; bean paste

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