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1225
L1
脅
10
KYŌ, odo(ka)su,
obiyakasu
threaten, coerce
strokes
KYŌHAKUthreat
KYŌIthreat, menace
odokashitethreateningly
1226
L1
矯
17
KYŌ, tameru
straighten,
falsify
strokes
KYŌSEITEKIcorrective
KIKYŌeccentricity
tamenaosucorrect
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 145
‘arrow’, and NJK 277 (now ‘high’, originally
building with curved upper structure, q.v.) as
semantic and phonetic, meaning ‘curved, bent’,
thus ‘bent arrow’, and ‘falsify’ as an extended
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 209 ‘flesh,
meat, body’, and (three bulging arms [see
78], giving ‘combined strength’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘side (of the chest)’ (Katō
says ‘that which is between the elbows’), thus
‘side of the chest’; ‘threaten’ is a loan usage.
MS1995:v1:138-40; KJ1970:360-61; OT1968:821;
GY2008:680-81.
Mnemonic: THREE STRONG ARMS THREATEN
ONE’S BODY
sense. Since a bent arrow needed straightening
to fly true, over time ‘straighten’ evolved as a
second extended sense, and this has come to
be the main meaning. Note: bronze forms of
consist of 132 (‘high’; originally tall structure,
such as watchtower), with curved stroke(s) signifying
‘curved’. That is, both mean ‘high’ now.
MS1995:v1:236-7; KJ1970:274-5; SS1984:200;
TA1965:263. We suggest remembering in association
with 277 ‘bridge’.
Mnemonic: STRAIGHTEN ARROW BENT LIKE
ARCHED BRIDGE
1227
響
KYŌ, hibiku
resound, echo, effect
L1
20 strokes
AKUEIKYŌbad influence
KŌKYŌKYOKUsymphony
hibikiwataruresound
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional form
has as top element. Has 6 ‘sound’, and
() (‘village, rural’ 852) as phonetic with
associated sense taken either as i] ‘air moves’
(Tōdō), or ii] ‘spread outwards’ (Ogawa), giving
‘sound which moves/spreads out’. Katō takes
itself as ‘spreading sound’. TA1965:401-03;
OT1968:1100; KJ1985:660.
Mnemonic: SOUND OF VILLAGE FEAST
ECHOES
1228
驚
KYŌ, odoroku/kasu
surprise
L1
22 strokes
KYŌImiracle, wonder
KYŌGAKUshock
odorokubekistartling
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 210
‘horse’, and 856 (‘respect’) as phonetic, taken
in one view with associated sense ‘brace/tense
the body’, thus ‘horse is startled’; later generalized
to ‘be startled/surprised’. Shirakawa, however,
interprets as ‘hit to admonish someone
making spell-like prayer’, with added, he
suggests, as an animal easily startled. The former
view seems more persuasive. TA1965:495-
7; OT1968:1130; SS1984:202.
Mnemonic: A RESPECTFUL HORSE? WHAT A
SURPRISE!
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