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prises (see 611), a determinative originally
depicting the side view of a person bending
over with arms lowered, signifying ‘embrace,
enclose’, with 220 ‘rice’ (here has more
the sense ‘scattered grains’), giving ‘enclose
within the hand(s), and by extension ‘scoop
up’. KJ1970:257; OT1968:858; SS1984:166;
MS1995:v1:150-51.
Mnemonic: CHRYSANTHEMUM IS ROUND
PLANT HOLDING RICE-LIKE PETALS
1196
吉
KICHI, KITSU
good luck, joy
L1
6 strokes
KICHINICHIlucky day
KIPPŌgood news
FUKITSU ill omen
OBI ; bronze ; seal . Etymology
disputed. This graph has a range of different
early shapes, most of which are taken as
featuring 22 ‘mouth, opening, say’ as one
component. With regard to the other component,
one interpretation is to take it as
139 (original meaning uncertain, but hypotheses
include ‘river blocked up’, with block,
obstruct’ as extended sense; q.v.), giving
‘mouth crammed with food, eat with mouth
full’. Another view treats the second component
(in the seal form onwards, regularized
to 521 ‘warrior, male, samurai’) as being
1197
L2
KITSUENsmoking
KISSATENcafe
KISsuru* eat, drink, receive
1198
L2
喫
KITSU
ingest, receive
12 strokes
Seal ; a late graph (later version of Shuowen).
Has 22 ‘mouth, say’, and 1258 (originally,
詰
13
KITSU, tsumu/meru/
maru
pack, packed, full
strokes
KITSUMONa grilling
tsumariin short
tsumekomu cram
(‘[type of] halberd’: see 476/545) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘chew, gnaw’, giving
‘eat with mouth full, eat’. Both the above
views are listed by Mizukami and Katō. Other
treatments include another given by Katō,
taking the second component as depicting
an arrowhead, here used as a stopper and so
denoting ‘block, obstruct’, giving overall sense
‘cavity stopped/blocked’ (‘cavity’ being either
the mouth or a container). Shirakawa, in more
idiosyncratic fashion, interprets early forms
of as depicting prayer strips crammed into
a receptacle, giving original sense ‘cram into’.
‘Happy, auspicious’ is probably an extended
sense deriving from having plenty to eat.
KJ1970:229; MS1995:v1:210-11; SS1984:167.
Suggest taking the modern graph as 521
‘samurai’ and 22 ‘mouth’.
Mnemonic: SAMURAI OPEN MOUTHED WITH
JOY AFTER GOOD LUCK
‘mark with knife, engrave’; now means ‘pledge,
join’) as phonetic with associated sense ‘chew’,
to give ‘eat by chewing, eat’; ‘receive’ is an extended
minor sense. KJ1970:258; OT1968:188;
SS1984:168. We suggest breaking down this
graph into 56 ‘big’, 22 ‘mouth’, 198
‘sword’, and as variant of 315 ‘master’.
Mnemonic: MASTER SWORD SWALLOWER
INGESTS ONE TOO BIG FOR MOUTH
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 118
‘words; speak’, and 1196 (‘auspicious’) as
phonetic with associated sense ‘suffer’, to give
‘question rigorously/ exhaustively’; in Japanese,
it has acquired the sense ‘pack’. KJ1970:230;
OT1968:927.
Mnemonic: WORDS PACKED WITH JOY
The Remaining 1130 Characters 357