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L1
豪
14
GŌSHŪAustralia
GŌSŌsplendor
GŌUheavy rain
GŌ
strong, splendid,
Australia, brush
strokes
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 89 ‘wild
pig, boar (or similar)’, and 132 (abbreviation
of ‘tall, high’) as phonetic with associated
sense taken either as i] ‘coarse animal hair’, giving
‘porcupine’ (Ogawa; Gu also in agreement),
or ii] ‘long’, giving ‘boar/wild pig with long mane’
(Tōdō). ‘Bristle’ gives rise to’ brush’. ‘Outstanding/
splendid’ is taken by Gu as an extended sense
based on the fierce nature of the porcupine,
this being perceived as a positive characteristic,
though it seems this might perhaps be
more understandable if the graph were taken
as referring to a type of wild pig. Also used
sometimes in abbreviated written style as a
single-graph writing meaning ‘Australia’, and in
the compound writingGŌSHŪ ‘Australia’
(formerly written ); in the latter case,
tends to be used today in place of NJK
(‘moat’). OT1968:950; GY2008:1744; TA1965:264.
We suggest taking the graph as a combination
of ‘house’ 89 and variant ‘tall’ 132.
Mnemonic: AUSTRALIA HAS MANY SPLENDID
TALL AND STRONG HOUSES
1351
L1
克
7
KOKU
conquer, endure,
overcome
strokes
KOKKIself-control
KOKUFUKUsubjugation
KOKUMEI diligence
OBI ; seal . OBI and bronze forms depict a
figure wearing what is taken to be a helmet,
and possibly also body armor. Being heavy,
this gave rise to the extended senses ‘endure’,
and ‘overcome (the weight of protective
cladding)’, ‘win’. KJ1970:331; MS1995:v1:92-3;
OT1968:88; TA1965:132. Suggest taking elements
as 121 ‘old’ and as ‘legs’ 41.
Mnemonic: OLD LEGS CAN STILL ENDURE
AND OVERCOME
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L1
酷
14
KOKU
severe, intense, cruel,
harsh
strokes
KOKUSHIexploitation
ZANKOKUcruelty
KOKUSHO intense heat
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 318
‘wine’, and /507 (‘proclaim’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘brace, draw in’, giving
‘strong-tasting wine that strikes the taste-buds’;
sense later generalized to ‘strong-tasting’,
and ‘severe’. OT1968:1027-8; TA1965:222;
SS1984:322.
Mnemonic: SEVERE PROCLAMATION ABOUT
WINE
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獄
GOKU
prison, litigation
L1
14 strokes
GOKUMONprison gate
JIGOKUhell
GIGOKU criminal case
Bronze ; seal . Consists of 118
‘words; speak’, with ‘quarrel’ (originally
two dogs biting/snarling at each other:
see 19), giving ‘quarrel’; sense extended to
‘court’, ‘jail’. MS1995:v2:844-5; OT1968:931;
GY2008:902.
Mnemonic: WORDS IN DOG FIGHT LEAD TO
LITIGATION AND PRISON
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