TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
幫助
ㄅㄤ ㄓㄨˋ · bāngzhù
verb/noun — to help; to assist; help, assistance
字源 FORM — what the parts do
幫to help; a group (幫忙的幫)bāng邦 (phonetic bāng; also: country/group) + 巾 (cloth) — the wide cloth band that holds things together; a group that binds around you
助to assist, add strength (幫助的助)zhù且 (a stacked base — ancestral altar block) + 力 (muscle/force) — strength applied to what someone else is building up
幫助，幫忙的幫，幫助的助。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
幫（邦+巾：布帶攏住）；力（助：力）壓在且（疊台）上——攏住再加力氣，就是幫助。
The cloth band (幫: 邦 + 巾) holds the parts together; force (力 in 助) pressed down on the stacking block (且) — to bind and add muscle to what another is building. That is 幫助.
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