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1301
L1
虎
KO, tora
tiger, drunkard
8 strokes
KOKETSUtiger’s den
toranokotiger cub, treasure
tora ni naruget drunk
OBI form ; bronze ; seal . Originally,
pictograph of a tiger. The different older
stages given here are a good illustration of the
progressive stylization which graphs of the
pictograph type underwent as the Chinese
script evolved over time. The abbreviated
form – as in 1201 ‘cruelty, oppress’, for
instance – is a stylized representation of just
the tiger’s head. GY2008:610; MR2007:315-6;
MS1995:v2:1138-9; OT1968:880. Suggest take
as variant of ‘building’ 127, as ‘seven’
32, and as legs.
Mnemonic: IN THAT BUILDING THERE’S A
DRUNKEN TIGER WITH SEVEN LEGS
1302
孤
KO
orphan, lone
L1
9 strokes
KOJIorphan
KORITSUisolation
KODOKUloneliness
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 27
‘child’, and NJK (‘squash, melon, gourd’
[originally, pictograph of product of the gourd
plant family on the vine]) as phonetic with
associated sense taken as ‘nothing to rely on’
(Ogawa) or ‘suddenly separate, lone’ (Katō),
in either case giving overall a meaning of ‘orphan’.
KJ1970:394; OT1968:268; QX2000:182;
MS1995:v2:862. Suggest taking as a child’s
framed swing (as in a park).
Mnemonic: THE CHILD GOING TO THE SWING
IS AN ORPHAN
1303
弧
KO
arc, arch, bow
L1
9 strokes
KAKKOparentheses
ENKOarc (shaped)
KOKŌarc light
1304
枯
KO, kareru/rasu
wither, decay
L2
9 strokes
KOSHIwithering away
fuyugarewinter decay
karehadead leaf
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 107
‘bow’, and NJK 1302 (‘squash, gourd,
melon’, q.v.) as phonetic with associated sense
‘round, rounded’, giving ‘curved bow’; probably
originally referring to a type of bow with a
particularly pronounced curved profile; sense
later generalized and extended to ‘arc shape’.
GY2008:747; OT1968:340. As with 1302, we suggest
taking as a child’s framed swing.
Mnemonic: THAT CHILD’S SWING IS BENT
LIKE A BOW!
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 73 ‘tree’,
and 121 (‘old’) as phonetic with associated
sense as i] ‘dry up’, thus ‘tree dries up and is bare’
(Ogawa, Tōdō), or ii] ‘leaves fall’, thus giving ‘tree
loses leaves and is bare’ (Katō). OT1968:498;
TA1965:385-9; KJ1970:392.
Mnemonic: OLD TREE HAS BECOME BARE
The Remaining 1130 Characters 387