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1011
握
AKU, nigiru
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 34
grasp, grip
‘hand’, and 256 (‘building, dealer, storekeeper’)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘press
L1
12 strokes
hard with the hand’, giving ‘grasp in the hand’.
Also used in the sense of being grasping, avaricious.
OT1968:422; KJ1970:4.
AKUSHUhandshake
nigiriyamiser
nigirimeshirice-ball
Mnemonic: GRASP STORE-KEEPER BY THE
HAND
1012
L1
扱
atsukau, koku
treat, handle, thresh
6 strokes
toriatsukaihandling
kokiatsukaukeep busy
KYAKUatsukaihospitality
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 34
‘hand’, and 1202 (‘reach, extend’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘take in, gather’,
giving ‘take in/gather by hand’. In Japanese,
has taken on the meaning ‘handle, treat (as)’.
‘Thresh’ is now a minor meaning in Japanese.
OT1968:402; KJ1970:433-4; SS1984:172.
Mnemonic: REACH WITH HAND, THEN TREAT
CAREFULLY
1013
L1
宛
-ate, ateru, ategau, EN
address, provide,
supply, letter to
8 strokes
atenaaddress
ategauprovide, supply
MoriSHI-ateto Mr Mori
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 30
‘roof, building’ with 夗 ‘bend over’ (itself
comprising 41 ‘person bent over’ with
46 (‘evening’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘round, surround’) as phonetic with
associated sense taken either as i] ‘bent,
curved’, giving ‘bent, curved’ (Ogawa, Tōdō),
or ii] ‘deep inside’, giving ‘deep inside a
palace’ (Katō).Note: Original meaning of
is taken by Ogawa as ‘hemispherical
roof’, but by Tōdō as referring to a person
bending over. Present meanings are
loan usages. OT1968:273; TA1965:611-21;
MS1995:v1:290-91; KJ1970:92. Suggest take
as slumped/sleepy person.
Mnemonic: SLEEPY PERSON SPENDS NIGHT
UNDER ROOF, ADDRESS SUPPLIED
1014
嵐
arashi, RAN
storm
L1
12 strokes
ōarashitempest
yukiarashisnow storm
Igarashi*a surname
Seal ; late graph (later Shuowen edition). Has
26 ‘mountain, hill’ over 217 ‘wind’, giving
original meaning ‘mist hanging over mountains,
mist in wooded mountains’. ‘Storm’ evolved as a
Japanese-only sense. GY2008:439; OT1968:306;
SS1984:865.
Mnemonic: WIND IN THE MOUNTAINS MEANS
A STORM
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