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347
全
ZEN, mattaku
Seal forms , . Generally taken as 5
whole, complete ‘king’ or 125 ‘work’ standing for 15 (‘jewel,
L3
6 strokes
jade, precious stone’), and 67 (‘enter’), here
as phonetic with associated sense ‘beautiful,
ZENBU all
good’, giving overall meaning of ‘beauti-
ZENSHIN whole body
ful/unblemished jade or precious stone’,
ANZEN safety
and by extension ‘complete’. KJ1970:637;
MS1995:v1:98-9; YK1976:320-21.
Mnemonic: THE KING IS COMPLETE WITH
HIS CAP
348
L3
相
9
SŌ, SHŌ, aimutual,
aspect, minister
strokes
SŌDAN discussion
aite other party
SHUSHŌ Prime Minister
OBI ; bronze . Either taken as 76 ‘eye’,
with 73 ‘tree’ (Qiu, Shirakawa), or with
1632 ‘mulberry’ (Mizukami, Katō, Ogawa,
Yamada). Former view gives overall meaning
of ‘look at/examine a tree’, and more generally
‘look/examine’; the latter takes as standing
for on the basis of historical Chinese sound
correspondences, taking the latter as phonetic
with associated sense ‘see (clearly) right inside’.
Other meanings such as ‘mutual’, ‘help’, ‘minister’
may be seen as loan usages. QX2000:192, 215-6;
SS1984:540; MS1995:v2:916-7; KJ1970:428-9;
OT1968:696; YK1976:327; AS2007:531, 450.
Mnemonic: MINISTER EYES TREE, TREE EYES
MINISTER – IT’S MUTUAL
349
L4
送
SŌ, okuru
send
9 strokes
HŌSŌ broadcast
SŌKIN remittance
miokuru see off
Bronze forms , ; seal ; traditional . Has
85 ‘go, walk’, and . Top right element of
seal is properly not 8 ‘fire’ (miscopied at seal
script stage) but ‘pestle’ (seen in bronze), with
associated sense ‘continue’ (Katō, Yamada) or
‘push’ (Mizukami). Original meaning of graph:
‘walk behind along a road, or follow behind
husband’; ‘send’ is an extended sense. Suggest
take right side as 70 ‘eight’, but here
in its meaning of ‘out’, and 62 ‘heaven’.
MS1995:v2:1288-9; KJ1970:644; YK1976:326-7.
Mnemonic: SENT OUT OF HEAVEN !
350
L3
想
CHAKUSŌ concept
SŌ, SO
idea, thought
13 strokes
RISŌ ideal
AISO/AISŌ affability
A late graph (Shuowen); seal form: . Has
164 ‘heart, mind’, and 348 (‘mutual’ qv) as
phonetic and semantic meaning ‘see, examine’,
to give overall sense ‘see in one’s mind, think’.
OT1968:382; YK1976:329; KJ1970:551. We suggest
taking as its literal components 73
‘tree’ and 76 ‘eye, look’.
Mnemonic: LOOKING AT A TREE, AN IDEA
CAME TO MIND
130 The 200 Third Grade Characters