簿 (bù) — a register, account book, notebook

entries → 簿

TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字

簿 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)

簿＝竹＋溥

ㄅㄨˋ · bù

noun — a register, account book, notebook

字源 FORM — what the parts do

竹義bamboo — the strips an old book was written on

溥聲pǔ — gives the sound, through 薄water spread wide

{b,p}IFpǔ → bù — the {b,p} crossing, the vowel worn down

Bamboo (竹) up top — old records were strips of it bound together; 溥 pǔ beneath (the element inside 薄) carries the sound, worn to bù. A book to enter things in: 帳簿、名簿、相簿.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一根根竹簡（竹）串成一本，一筆一筆記上去——帳簿。

Bamboo strips (竹) bound into a book, entry after entry written in — the ledger.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)帳簿、名簿— a register, account book常用

→相簿、筆記簿— a photo album; a notebook常用

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