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245
L3
委
I, yudaneru
entrust
8 strokes
IINKAIcommittee
ININentrustment
ITAKUKINtrust money
Bronze . Has 37 ‘woman’, and 87 ‘cereal’
bent with ripe grain (Qiu identifies as ‘foxtail
millet’, Karlgren as ‘growing grain’, Ogawa as
‘rice’; Mizukami argues that ‘millet’ is correct,
botanically speaking) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘supple’, leading to extended
senses such as ‘compliant; entrust’. Ma interprets
as woman carrying cereal on her back,
and by extension ‘to follow’. QX2000:176;
BK1957:23; OT1968:727; MS1995:v2:960-61,
v1:318-9; YK1976:54; MR2007:469.
Mnemonic: ENTRUST GRAIN PLANTS TO
WOMAN
246
L 4
意
I
mind, thought
13 strokes
CHŪIattention, care
KETSUIdetermination
IKENopinion
A late graph (Shuowen) . Has 164 ‘heart,
mind, feelings’, and 6 (‘sound’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘full; congested’ (Yamada,
Katō) or ‘keep contained, suppress’ (Ogawa).
YK1976:55-6; KJ1970:17; OT1968:378.
Mnemonic: A THOUGHT IS A SOUND FROM
THE MIND—OR THE HEART
247
L3
育
IKU, sodatsu/teru
raise, educate
8 strokes
KYŌIKUeducation
IKUJIchildcare
sodachiupbringing
Originally in OBI (corresponding to : see
also 432), depicting ‘woman’ with ‘child’ (baby
being born) with dots for amniotic fluid. An
abbreviated form of the graph, with its modern
248
L4
員
IN
member, official
10 strokes
KAIINmember of group
ZEN’INall members
DŌINmobilization
Seal . OBI form shows the graph was
originally a three-legged cauldron topped by
a circle, depicting a round-necked vessel. As in
the seal form (Shuowen) and modern form, the
structure, is found from the seal script stage,
consisting of 27 ‘child’ but inverted, over
209 ‘meat, flesh’ in its abbreviated form ,
possibly as phonetic with associated sense
‘to be born’ (Yamada, Katō), but Tōdō considers
here to be semantic only. ‘Be raised/
raise’ and ‘educate’ are extended meanings.
MS1995:v2:1070-71; YK1976:57; KJ1970:52-3;
TA1965:194.
Mnemonic: RAISING A FLESHY
UPSIDE-DOWN CHILD IS AN EDUCATION!
lower element might appear to be 10 ‘shell
currency’, which is incorrect but may be a helpful
mnemonic. The top element 22 ‘round’
is semantic, and Tōdō takes it in this role only;
Mizukami, Katō, and Yamada choose to take it
as phonetic with associated meaning ‘round’,
as well as semantic. ‘Member’ and ‘official’ appear
to be modern meanings. TA1965:611-23;
MS1995:v1:228-30; KJ1970:63; YK1976:60-61.
Mnemonic: OFFICIAL MEMBER MAKES
SHELL-MONEY GO ROUND
106 The 200 Third Grade Characters