TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
篷
ㄆㄥˊ · péng
noun — an awning, canopy, tarpaulin; a boat's sail or cover
字源 FORM — what the parts do
I逢 féng → 篷 péng — the onset shifts f- to p- within its {b,p,f} family
Bamboo (竹) plus 逢 (féng) for the sound — woven bamboo matting stretched as a cover over a cart or boat: 車篷, 船篷, and the cloth 帳篷, a tent. It shares its 逢 with the grass-topped 蓬; bamboo here, grass there.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
竹篾(竹)編成一張頂,撐在船上擋雨——船篷。
Woven bamboo (竹) stretched into a roof over the boat, keeping the rain off — the boat's 篷.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)車篷、船篷— an awning, canopy; a boat cover常用
→帳篷、篷布— a tent; tarpaulin
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension