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285 L3 君 KUN, kimi lord, you, Mr 7 strokes BŌKUN tyrant SAIKUN wife YamadaKUN Mr Yamada OBI has ‘words’ (represented by 22 ‘mouth, say’), and (CO graph meaning ‘govern’ by holding a stick) as both semantic and phonetic, to give ‘lead people by words’, and hence ‘lead, leader’. MS1995:v1:216-7; YK1976:144; OT1968:170. Mnemonic: MY LORD, I SEE YOU RULE BY STICK IN HAND AND BY WORD 286 係 KEI, kakari involvement L3 9 strokes KANKEI connection KEISŌ contention kakariIN clerk in charge 287 軽 KEI, karui light, flippant L4 12 strokes KEISHOKU light meal KEIHAKU flippancy karuishi pumice Late graph (Shuowen): . Traditional form has 33 ‘vehicle’, and (CO, threads stretched A late graph (Shuowen) . Has ‘person’ 41 and 855 (‘joined threads’) as phonetic with associated sense ‘link up’. KJ1970:359; YK1976: 147-8; OT1968:63. Mnemonic: PERSON INVOLVED WITH JOIN- ING THREADS on loom) as phonetic with associated sense ‘empty’ (Katō, Yamada); Ogawa says ‘at full speed’. ‘Light’ is extended meaning from ‘empty’. KJ1970:346; YK1976:150; OT1968:983. Suggest take the modern right hand parts as 2003 ‘hand’ and 64 ‘ground’. Mnemonic: LIGHT VEHICLE PUSHED ALONG GROUND BY HAND 288 L3 血 KETSU, chi blood 6 strokes KETSUEKI blood KETTŌ lineage hanaji nose-bleed OBI shows 300 ‘bowl’ with blood in it (short stroke), in pledge. The meaning later became restricted to just ‘blood’. MS1995:v2: 1156-8; MR2007:318; KJ1970:365. Mnemonic: LIQUID SPILLING FROM BOWL IS BLOOD 289 L3 決 KETSU, kimeru/maru decide, settle, collapse 7 strokes KAIKETSU solution KETSURETSU breakdown KESSHIN determination Late graph (Shuowen) . Has 42 ‘water’, and (CO, meaning disputed, a hand pulling bowstring etc.) as phonetic with associated sense ‘earth collapses’ as in a dyke, and possibly also ‘pull apart’. In Tōdō’s word-family ‘gouge out’ (cf the NJK meaning ‘gouge’). ‘Decide’ is a loan usage. Note ‘collapse’ is still a minor meaning for this graph. KJ1970:367; YK1976:154; TA1965:631-6; KJ1985:351. We suggest taking as a man with a backpack (see also 253). Mnemonic: MAN DECIDES TO CARRY WATER IN BACKPACK The 200 Third Grade Characters 115
290 L4 研 KEN, togu hone, refine 9 strokes KENSHŪ training togikawa strop KENKYŪSHA researcher A late graph (Shuowen) . Has 47 ‘stone’, and 幵 / (a CO representing two level stakes with a meaning of ‘level’) as phonetic with associated sense ‘(make) flat, level’; in Tōdō’s word-family ‘divide in two; gap’ (here, eliminate gaps or undulations). ‘Refine’ is an extension of basic meaning ‘smoothe out’. KJ1970:375; YK1976:157-8; TA1965:601-06. Mnemonic: HONE STONE WITH TWO FUNNY STICKS 291 L4 県 KEN prefecture 9 strokes MieKEN Mie Prefecture KENREI prefectural bylaw KENCHŌ Prefectural Office Bronze depicts a severed head suspended upside down in a tree, as a punishment. Traditional form (which distorts the ‘tree’ component in bronze), has 855 (‘joined threads’) as phonetic with associated sense ‘hang’. Came to be used in Chinese for a similar-sounding word meaning ‘district, county’, and then in Japanese for ‘prefecture’. MS1995:v2:1020-22; KJ1970:379; YK1976:158; OT1968:787. For the modern form we suggest taking the top element as 76 ‘eye’ and the remaining strokes as a stand. Mnemonic: KEEP AN EYE ON THE STAND AT THE PREFECTURAL SHOW 292 L3 庫 KO storehouse 10 strokes SHAKO garage, depot SŌKO warehouse REIZŌKO refrigerator Bronze . Has 127 ‘building’, and 33 (‘vehicle, chariot’) as semantic and also as phonetic indicator. (The associated early Chinese pronunciation of was closer to SJ KO than SHA – the latter reading reflects a later Chinese pronunciation). Originally, a building to house chariots; later, became more general in meaning. MS1995:v1:452-3; KJ1970:390; YK1976:168; AS2007:182. Mnemonic: VEHICLE LEFT IN STOREHOUSE 293 L3 湖 KO, mizuumi lake 12 strokes BIWAKO Lake Biwa KOGAN lake shore KOSUI lake According to Mizukami, possibly originates in the simpler bronze form (= , now an unrelated NJK meaning ‘trade’). consists of 42 ‘water’, with (NJK originally ‘flesh beneath jaw’) as phonetic with, here, associated sense ‘large’. MS1995:v2:766-7, 1072-3; KJ1970:393; YK1976:168. We suggest taking as 18 ‘moon’ along with121 ‘old’. Mnemonic: OLD MOON SEEN IN WATER OF LAKE 116 The 200 Third Grade Characters
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- Page 68 and 69: 85 遠 EN, tōi distant L4 13 strok
- Page 70 and 71: 93 L5 会 KAI, E, au meet 6 stro
- Page 72 and 73: 101 L3 丸 3 GAN, maru, marui round
- Page 74 and 75: 110 L4 111 L4 京 KYŌ, KEI c
- Page 76 and 77: 118 L5 言 GEN, GON, koto, iu wo
- Page 78 and 79: 126 L3 公 KŌ, ōyake public, fair
- Page 80 and 81: 134 合 GŌ, KATSU, au/waseru Alter
- Page 82 and 83: 142 L3 算 SAN reckon, count 14
- Page 84 and 85: 150 L4 自 JI, SHI, mizukara sel
- Page 86 and 87: 158 春 SHUN, haru of ‘forest’.
- Page 88 and 89: 166 L4 親 SHIN, oya, shitashii
- Page 90 and 91: 174 L3 雪 SETSU, yuki snow 11 stro
- Page 92 and 93: 182 L4 体 TAI, TEI, karada body 7
- Page 94 and 95: 190 L4 鳥 CHŌ, tori bird 11 st
- Page 96 and 97: 199 冬 TŌ, fuyu winter L4 5 strok
- Page 98 and 99: 207 L3 内 NAI, DAI, uchi inside
- Page 100 and 101: 215 L3 番 BAN number, guard, tu
- Page 102 and 103: 224 L5 北 HOKU, kita north, fle
- Page 104 and 105: 233 L4 234 L5 野 YA, no moor
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- Page 108 and 109: 249 L4 院 IN institute 10 strok
- Page 110 and 111: 258 L3 HENKAchange KESHŌmake-u
- Page 112 and 113: 267 L3 岸 GAN, kishi bank, shor
- Page 114 and 115: 276 L4 去 KYO, KO, saru go, leave,
- Page 118 and 119: 294 向 KŌ, muku/keru/kau/kō turn
- Page 120 and 121: 303 L4 使 SHI, tsukau use, serv
- Page 122 and 123: 311 L3 式 SHIKI ceremony, form 6 s
- Page 124 and 125: 319 受 JU, ukeru receive L3 8 stro
- Page 126 and 127: 327 L3 宿 SHUKU, yado(ru) lodge, s
- Page 128 and 129: 335 L3 勝 SHŌ, katsu, masaru win,
- Page 130 and 131: 343 L4 進 SHIN, susumu/meru advanc
- Page 132 and 133: 351 L3 息 10 SOKU, iki breath, res
- Page 134 and 135: 359 第 DAI grade, order L3 11 stro
- Page 136 and 137: 367 丁 CHŌ, TEI block , exact L1
- Page 138 and 139: 375 転 TEN, korogeru/garu rotate,
- Page 140 and 141: 383 等 TŌ, hitoshii, nado class,
- Page 142 and 143: 391 L3 畑 hata, hatake (dry-) f
- Page 144 and 145: 400 L3 筆 HITSU, fude writing brus
- Page 146 and 147: 408 L4 服 FUKU clothes, yield,
- Page 148 and 149: 415 L4 味 MI, aji, ajiwau taste
- Page 150 and 151: 423 有 YŪ, U, aru have, exist L4
- Page 152 and 153: 430 L3 様 14 YŌ, sama situatio
- Page 154 and 155: 437 L3 列 RETSU row, line 6 str
- Page 156 and 157: texts for ‘use, employ, in order
- Page 158 and 159: 451 L3 塩 EN, shio salt 13 strokes
- Page 160 and 161: 458 L3 改 KAI, aratameru/maru refo
- Page 162 and 163: with minor bureaucrat/official’.
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285<br />
L3<br />
君<br />
KUN, kimi<br />
lord, you, Mr<br />
7 strokes<br />
BŌKUN tyrant<br />
SAIKUN wife<br />
YamadaKUN Mr Yamada<br />
OBI has ‘words’ (represented by 22<br />
‘mouth, say’), and (CO graph meaning<br />
‘govern’ by holding a stick) as both semantic<br />
and phonetic, to give ‘lead people by words’,<br />
and hence ‘lead, leader’. MS1995:v1:216-7;<br />
YK1976:144; OT1968:170.<br />
Mnemonic: MY LORD, I SEE YOU RULE BY<br />
STICK IN HAND AND BY WORD<br />
286<br />
係<br />
KEI, kakari<br />
involvement<br />
L3<br />
9 strokes<br />
KANKEI connection<br />
KEISŌ contention<br />
kakariIN clerk in charge<br />
287<br />
軽<br />
KEI, karui<br />
light, flippant<br />
L4<br />
12 strokes<br />
KEISHOKU light meal<br />
KEIHAKU flippancy<br />
karuishi pumice<br />
Late graph (Shuowen): . Traditional form <br />
has 33 ‘vehicle’, and (CO, threads stretched<br />
A late graph (Shuowen) . Has ‘person’ 41<br />
and 855 (‘joined threads’) as phonetic with<br />
associated sense ‘link up’. KJ1970:359; YK1976:<br />
147-8; OT1968:63.<br />
Mnemonic: PERSON INVOLVED WITH JOIN-<br />
ING THREADS<br />
on loom) as phonetic with associated sense<br />
‘empty’ (Katō, Yamada); Ogawa says ‘at full<br />
speed’. ‘Light’ is extended meaning from ‘empty’.<br />
KJ1970:346; YK1976:150; OT1968:983. Suggest<br />
take the modern right hand parts as 2003<br />
‘hand’ and 64 ‘ground’.<br />
Mnemonic: LIGHT VEHICLE PUSHED ALONG<br />
GROUND BY HAND<br />
288<br />
L3<br />
血<br />
KETSU, chi<br />
blood<br />
6 strokes<br />
KETSUEKI blood<br />
KETTŌ lineage<br />
hanaji nose-bleed<br />
OBI shows 300 ‘bowl’ with blood in it<br />
(short stroke), in pledge. The meaning later<br />
became restricted to just ‘blood’. MS1995:v2:<br />
1156-8; MR2007:318; KJ1970:365.<br />
Mnemonic: LIQUID SPILLING FROM BOWL IS<br />
BLOOD<br />
289<br />
L3<br />
決<br />
KETSU, kimeru/maru<br />
decide, settle, collapse<br />
7 strokes<br />
KAIKETSU solution<br />
KETSURETSU breakdown<br />
KESSHIN determination<br />
Late graph (Shuowen) . Has 42 ‘water’, and<br />
(CO, meaning disputed, a hand pulling bowstring<br />
etc.) as phonetic with associated sense<br />
‘earth collapses’ as in a dyke, and possibly also<br />
‘pull apart’. In Tōdō’s word-family ‘gouge out’ (cf<br />
the NJK meaning ‘gouge’). ‘Decide’ is a loan<br />
usage. Note ‘collapse’ is still a minor meaning<br />
for this graph. KJ1970:367; YK1976:154;<br />
TA1965:631-6; KJ1985:351. We suggest taking<br />
as a man with a backpack (see also 253).<br />
Mnemonic: MAN DECIDES TO CARRY WATER<br />
IN BACKPACK<br />
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