TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
餅
餅 ＝ 食 ＋ 并
ㄅㄧㄥˇ · bǐng
noun — a flat round cake, a biscuit, a patty
字源 FORM — what the parts do
并聲bìng — gives the sound, worn from bìng to bǐngtwo side by side, pressed together
Tbìng → bǐng — the tone shifts
A food (食 / 飠) — 并 bìng, two things pressed side by side, lends both the sound and the picture of flour pressed flat. Together: the round cake, the biscuit: 餅乾、月餅.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
把麵團（飠）壓併（并）成一塊——攤平了，圓圓一張餅。
Dough (飠) pressed together (并) and flattened out — one round, even cake.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)餅、麵餅— a flatbread, a cake常用
→餅乾、月餅— biscuit, mooncake常用
⇒肉餅、鐵餅— any flat round patty — meat patty, the discus
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension