TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
菠
菠 ＝ 艸 ＋ 波
ㄅㄛ · bō
noun — spinach (in 菠菜)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass (艸) — the plant radical, written 艹
Grass (艸, written 艹) marks a leafy plant; 波 bō carries the sound straight across. Together they name spinach, 菠菜 — the bō echoing 波斯 (Persia), the route the vegetable travelled in by.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一畦綠菜（艹），名字裡帶著從波斯（波）來的那個音。
A bed of green leaves (艹), its name carrying the bō it came in with from Persia (波).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)菠菜— spinach常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension