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1075
穏
ON, odayaka
peace, moderation
L1
16 strokes
ONWAmoderation
ONTŌ nareasonable
HEIONcalm
Seal ; in later Shuowen version; traditional
. Has 87 ‘grain plant’ with (‘be sad/respectful
when ritualistically hiding a deity’; see
below) as phonetic with associated sense taken
in ways which include i] ‘strike/trample, and
collect’, giving ‘collect grain ears’ (Ogawa, Katō),
and ii] ‘conceal’, giving ‘conceal collected grain
(so as not to be prominent)’ (Tōdō). However,
1076
L1
佳
KA
beautiful, good
8 strokes
KAJINa beauty, belle
ZEKKAnosuperb
KASAKUa fine work
1077
L1
苛
8
ijimebullying
iradatsube irritated
KASEIcaustic
KA, ijimeru, sainamu
torment, bully, harsh,
chastise
strokes
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 53
‘plant, vegetation’, and 655 (‘can do’) as
Shirakawa asserts there are no actual examples
of usage of in the sense ‘trample and collect
grain’, and rather the sense is always ‘quiet, tranquil’.
In consequence, Shirakawa interprets the
seal form of as two hands positioned beside
(one above, one below) a receptacle used in a
ritual to conceal a deity, beneath which 164
‘heart, mind’ is positioned as semantic, giving
‘be respectful/sad’. In analyses i] and ii], ‘gentle’
is treated as a loan usage, while Shirakawa
takes it as an extended sense. KJ1970:61-2;
OT1968:737; TA1965:699-701; SS1984:69,34.
Mnemonic: HANDS HOLD GRAIN PLANT
NEXT TO HEART AS TOKEN OF PEACE
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 41 ‘person’,
and NJK (‘angle’, ‘jewel’ [orig. ‘ceremonial
jade’]) as phonetic with associated sense ‘smart,
beautiful, good’, giving ‘splendid, beautiful person’;
‘good’ is a generalized sense. KJ1970:138;
OT1968:58; SS1984:72-3. We suggest taking
as double 64 ‘ground’.
Mnemonic: GOOD PERSON COVERS TWICE
THE GROUND
phonetic with associated sense taken as i]
‘small’, giving ‘’small plant’ (Ogawa, Mizukami),
or ii] ‘highly stimulatory’, giving ‘plant
causing highly stimulatory taste when eaten’
(another sense listed by Mizukami). Senses
such as ‘charge (with a crime)’ and ‘cruel’ are
loan usages. OT1968:847; MS1995:v2:1110-11;
GY2008:558.
Mnemonic: BULLYING CAN MAKE PEOPLE
EAT GRASS
1078
架
KA, kakaru/keru
build, span, frame
L1
9 strokes
KADŌKYŌoverbridge
SHOKAbookshelf
KAKŪaerial, fanciful
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Has 73 ‘wood,
tree’, and 453 (‘add, join’) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘build up pieces of wood
together’, i.e. ‘assemble together, build over’,
sometimes with a connotation of height.
KJ1970:116; SS1984:74. Suggest taking 73 as
‘wood’ and 453 as ‘add’.
Mnemonic: ADD WOOD TO BUILD UP SPAN
OF FRAME
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