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391
L3
畑
hata, hatake
(dry-) field
9 strokes
CHAbataketea field
tahatafields, estate
mugibatakewheat field
One of a limited number of graphs devised in
Japan based on the formational principles of
Chinese characters, known as ‘kokuji’ ( ‘national
characters’). Has 8 ‘fire’ and 63 ‘field’,
meaning ‘dry field’ (as opposed to a paddy
field). OT1968:671.
Mnemonic: A DRY-FIELD IS AN EASILY
BURNED FIELD
392
L4
発
HATSU, HOTSU
discharge, start, leave
9 strokes
HAPPYŌannouncement
HOSSOKUinauguration
HATSUDENKIgenerator
Bronze ; seal ; traditional . Has 107
‘bow’, and 癹 (a combination of 382 ‘two
393
L3
反
4
HAN,TAN, soru/rasu
oppose, anti, reverse,
bend, cloth, measure
strokes
HANNŌ*reaction
HANKAKUanti-nuclear
TANmonotextiles
OBI ; seal . Generally treated as 2003
‘(right) hand’, with as phonetic with associated
sense ‘raise the hands, overturn’ (though Ma
394
坂
HAN, saka
slope
L3
7 strokes
KYŪHANsteep slope
sakamichislope
kudarizakadownhill
A late, post-Shuowen graph; generally treated
as variant of 1865 (seal form of : ).
395
L3
板
HAN, BAN, ita
board, plate
8 strokes
KOKUBANblackboard
itagamicardboard
itamaechef
Occurs in seal form , but not included in
Shuowen; generally treated as a variant of
feet treading’ and 170 ‘hand holding stick’)
regarded as phonetic representing the sound
of a bow when released. ‘Go out, leave, begin’
are extended usages. MS1995:v2: 894-6;
KJ1970:779; YK1976:415. We suggest taking as
two funny feet and as 65 ‘two’ bent legs .
Mnemonic: TWO FUNNY FEET AND TWO
BENT LEGS LEAD TO DISCHARGE
takes the same two elements as representing
a person scrambling up a cliff). Meanings such
as ‘oppose’ are extended usage. According to
Ogawa, the SJ reading TAN (denoting a unit of
measure for cloth, or land ) derives from as
an abbreviation of 944 (‘step’: also has an
SJ reading TAN), and one meaning of in premodern
China was a unit of measure for cloth.
MS1995:v1:194-5; KJ1970:785; YK1976:415;
MR2007:269-70; OT1968:153; ZY2009:v2:572.
Mnemonic: CLIFF OPPOSES HAND
consists of 64 ‘earth, ground’ with 393
(‘slope, oppose’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘sloping’, to give ‘sloping ground’. In Tōdō’s
word-family ‘be covered with; sloping’. Note:
meaning of as left-hand element is ‘piledup
earth, terraced elevated land, mound’: see
1907. KJ1970:787; OT1968:213; TA1965:658-60.
Mnemonic: SLOPE IS OPPOSED GROUND
791 (‘board, print’), reflecting the fact that early
printing in Japan, as in China, used wooden
blocks. consists of ‘tree, wood’, with 393
(‘oppose’) as phonetic with associated sense
‘thin, flat’, to give ‘flat board’. In Tōdō’s wordfamily
‘spread out flat, open out in circular pattern’.
YK1976:419; OT1968:496; TA1965:654-6.
Mnemonic: OPPOSED WOODEN BOARDS
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