TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
蘋
蘋 ＝ 艸 ＋ 頻
ㄆㄧㄥˊ · píng
noun — apple (in 蘋果)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass — the grass-head, plant
FTpín → píng — the n thickens to ng, tone shifts
A plant-head (艸) over the sound part. The old graph carries two tellings of that part: read as 頻 pín it gives a sound worn to píng; read as 平 píng it gives píng straight. Either way the plant-head names a plant — the graph once named a water-plant, and in 蘋果 it now writes apple.
意 · Meanings
(本義)蘋（水草）— a water-plant
→蘋果— apple — the fruit常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
苹píngthe near-twin — 苹 takes the plain 平 underneath, 蘋 the fuller ; both grass-head plants頻pínthe phonetic, standing alone — a head 頁 at the riverbank, meaning frequent