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1173
L1
KICHŪin mourning
KINKItaboo
imikiraudetest
1174
L1
1175
L2
忌
奇
KISŪodd number
SHINKInovelty
KIKEIdeformity
祈
KI, inoru/ri
pray, prayer, wish
8 strokes
KINENprayer
KIGANsupplication
inoriaupray together
KI, imu/mi/mawashii
mourn, abhor, odious,
detest
7 strokes
KI
strange, odd
8 strokes
OBI ; bronze ; seal . A graph with
what appears to be a convoluted evolution.
Several commentators (Mizukami, Ma) trace
its origin back to the OBI stage, which they
interpret as ‘flag/banner with dragon design
and bells attached’; ‘seek good fortune from
the gods, pray’ (originally, in time of war) is
considered to be an early loan usage. In similar
vein, the bronze form is taken to represent a
flag or banner mounted on a curved handle
or pole ( [traditional form of 569 q.v., also
initially a weapon] here is regarded as pho-
1176
軌
KI
track, way, rut
L1
9 strokes
KIDŌtrack, orbit
MUKIDŌ nowayward
JŌKInormal course
Bronze ; seal . Has 33 ‘vehicle’, and
13 (‘nine’) as phonetic with associated sense
taken as i] ‘intervening gap’ (between wheels
of a cart/carriage) (Katō) or ii] ‘be curved/bent’
(Ogawa) (both senses listed by Mizukami), in
Bronze ; seal . Has 164 ‘heart, mind’,
and 866 (‘I, self’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘avoid in one’s heart out of loathing,
firmly resist’, giving ‘avoid out of loathing;
abhor, detest; odious; taboo’. Taboos are often
associated with mourning and this is probably
an extended meaning. MS1995:v1:496-7;
KJ1970:234; AS2007:234.
Mnemonic: IN MY HEART, I DETEST MYSELF
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 56 ‘big’
(originally, pictograph of person standing),
and 655 (‘can; approve’) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘bent’, and hence ‘person with
bent leg, lame’; by extension (Gu): ‘not normal,
strange’. OT1968:246; TA1965:582; GY2008:58.
Mnemonic: SOMETHING BIG AND BENT CAN
BE ODD
netic with associated sense ‘curved handle/
pole’). The above treatment finds support
in Schuessler, who lists the early Chinese
equivalents for ‘pray for’ and ‘banner with
dragon design and bells’ as two separate but
homophonous words. Then, at the seal stage,
the direct predecessor of gained orthodox
status with its inclusion and promotion in
Shuowen. consists of / 723 (originally,
‘offering table, altar’; now ‘show’), with
1233 (‘ax’) as phonetic with associated sense
‘request, seek’, giving ‘seek (good fortune) from
the gods’. MS1995:v2:940-41; MR2007:216;
KJ1970:101,246-7; OT1968:719; AS2007:420.
We suggest taking the modern form as ‘altar’
and ‘ax’.
Mnemonic: TAKE AN AX TO THE ALTAR FOR
PRAYER!?
either analysis giving ‘concave/curved tracks
made in the ground by carts’, i.e. ‘wheel tracks’.
Note: with regard to the English expression
‘going off-track’, this is usually applied
to moving away from a central theme in a
speech or similar, i.e. digressing, but in the
case of ‘going off track’ in Japanese, there is a
greater waywardness, such as erratic behavior.
MS1995:v2:1266-7; KJ1970:244; OT1968:980.
Mnemonic: TRACK RUTTED AFTER NINE
VEHICLES PASS
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