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1245
L2
偶
11
GŪ
by chance, doll,
spouse
strokes
GŪZENby chance
GŪZŌidol, image
HAIGŪSHAspouse
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 41 ‘person’,
and (see 1244) as phonetic with associated
sense either as i] ‘product’ (Ogawa), or ii]
‘together, meet, resemble;’ (Katō), giving ‘effigy’.
Shuowen defines as ‘[image of] person made
of paulownia wood’. ‘Even number’ may be
seen as extended sense based on two (original
and likeness): likewise ‘spouse’. Shirakawa also
takes as ‘doll, image made as likeness’, but
links original sense back to , taking as initially
showing effigy in shape of deity with large
head. DJ2009:v2:663; OT1968:73; KJ1970:298;
SS1984:220; GY2008:1100. Use as leggy
insect in ‘field’ 63.
Mnemonic: BY CHANCE, PERSON
ENCOUNTERS LEGGY INSECT IN FIELD
1246
遇
GŪ
meet, receive, treat
L1
12 strokes
KIGŪchance meeting
TAIGŪreception
FUGŪmisfortune
Bronze ; seal . Has 85 ‘walk, go’, and
(see 1244) as phonetic with associated sense
‘from two directions’, thus ‘(several people)
meet each other/meet from two directions’.
Shuowen defines the graph as ‘meet by chance’.
The sense ‘chance encounter’ seems to have
broadened to include planned meetings too,
giving rise to ‘receive/ look after (guest, etc.)’ as
a further extended sense. It is quite likely that
some confusion arose between usage of this
graph () and 1245, both of which repre-
sented near-homophones in early Chinese;
unfortunately there is no information on these
two graphs in Tōdō’s work on word-families.
Based on the etymologies for 1245 and 1246,
one would expect the term GŪZEN, meaning
‘by chance’, to be written with , whereas in
practice (standard usage) it is which is used.
OT1968:1006; DJ2009:v1:144; AS2007:407;
GY2008:1100. Note 1: distinguish this graph in
use from 1245. Note 2: a bronze form for
has been given here, following Mizukami
and Shirakawa, but the role of the additional
top element, which seems to be 30 ‘covering,
roof’ is unclear. As as mnemonic, we again
suggest taking as a long-legged insect in a
‘field’ 63.
Mnemonic: MEET LEGGY INSECT WHILE
MOVING THROUGH FIELD
1247
隅
GŪ, sumi
corner, nook
L2
12 strokes
ICHIGŪcorner, nook
sumiishicornerstone
katasumicorner, nook
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has)
1907 ‘hill, terraced slope’, with (see 1244)
as phonetic with associated sense taken
variously, including i] ‘curved’ (Ogawa), ii]
‘curved; corner or crease’ (Tōdō), iii] ‘something
resembles something else’ (noted in Mizukami),
all giving the overall meaning ‘corner
shapes or creases/folds in hills’. OT1968:1072;
TA1965:307-11; MS1995:v2:1400-01. As as
mnemonic, we again suggest taking as a
long-legged insect in a ‘field’ 63.
Mnemonic: A LEGGY INSECT IN A CORNER OF
A HILLSIDE FIELD
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