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1144
L1
陥
KAN, ochiiru
collapse
10 strokes
KANBOTSUcave-in
KEKKANdefect
KANRAKUsurrender
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional
. The OBI form of CO 臽 has the figure of a
person over a hole, meaning ‘pit, hole’; and at
the seal stage 1907 ‘hill, terraced slope’
1145
乾
KAN, kawaku
dry
L2
11 strokes
KANDENCHIdry battery
KANSŌKI(tumble) drier
KANKIdry season
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Interpretations
vary considerably. Ogawa takes it simply
as a variant of CO 倝 (original meaning
‘sunrise’ [see 667]), which he interprets as
‘flagpole’, a point on which Shirakawa is in
basic agreement, though he takes 1072
here as ‘banner’. Gu, alternatively, sees it
as showing a plant breaking out upwards
through the surface of the ground. Katō does
not favour the ‘plant’ interpretation, and
instead takes as meaning ‘twisted, bent’
(though commentators disagree on what
precisely originally represented, there
is substantial support for a core meaning
1146
L1
勘
11
KAN
endure, consider,
investigate, sense
strokes
KANBENpardon
KANJŌbill, account
KANchigaimisjudgment
was added on the left side, giving overall
sense ‘elevated land caves in’ (Ogawa), or ‘get
trapped, fall in’ (Schuessler). DJ2009:v3:1185;
OT1968:1067; AS2007:530. A separate vertical
stroke appears to have found its way into
the modern graph, namely . We suggest
taking this as 677 ‘old, past’, and as
person falling.
Mnemonic: OLD PERSON COLLAPSES ON
TERRACED SLOPE
‘curved’; see 1072), and 倝 / (‘sun shines
high in the sky’ [Mizukami]) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘strong, which Katō then
takes as giving an overall sense ‘something
bent straightens out’. Yet another analysis
– probably the best – is provided by Tōdō,
who takes as ‘twisting’, and as ‘sun
rises up’ (the bronze and seal forms of 倝 /
include the element ‘sun’ 66), giving
overall sense ‘air rises up in meandering
fashion’ for . As for the meaning ‘dry’ for ,
Tōdō sees this as semantically related to his
interpretation of the original meaning of that
graph; both senses are included in his wordfamily
‘rise up’. DJ2009:v3:1200; OT1968:28;
SS1984:123; GY2008:1198; KJ1970:102-3;
MS1995:v1:70-71; TA1965:587; AS2007:249.
Suggest taking as ‘bent’,