entries → 鋪
TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL A2 (est.)
鋪 =
ㄆㄨ · pū/pù
verb — to spread, lay out; (pù) noun — a shop

字源 FORM — what the parts do

metal
fǔ — gives the sounda sprout in a field, the start of growth
{b,p,f}IFTfǔ → pū — the {b,p,f} crossing, vowel and tone with it
說文 reads it 陳——to set out, lay in order. Metal (金) underlies it; 甫 fǔ carries the sound, worn across the {b,p,f} line to pū. To spread flat (鋪床, 鋪路); read pù, the laid-out goods of a shop (店鋪).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

把東西一樣樣攤開(),平平鋪滿一桌——鋪好了。
Laying each thing out flat (甫), spread to fill the whole surface — all set out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)— to spread, lay flat常用
鋪路、鋪床— to pave; to make a bed
(引申)店鋪、鋪子— a shop — goods laid out常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension