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1364
L1
懇
17
KON, nengoro na
friendly, cordial,
courteous, kind
strokes
KONDANfriendly chat
KONGANentreaty
KONJŌkindliness
Seal ; a late graph (later version of Shuowen).
Has 164 ‘heart, mind, feelings’, and
貇 / 豤 1363 (‘boar’ > ‘boar bites/digs’) with
associated sense taken variously as i] ‘include’,
giving ‘include warm feelings’ (Ogawa), or ii]
‘reach down’, giving ‘reach down into someone’s
feelings’ (Shirakawa), or iii] ‘wanting one
thing’, giving ‘a pure heart’ (Katō; Gu also),
or iv] ‘in detail’, giving ‘be watchful on points
of detail’ (Tōdō). OT1968:390; SS1984:330;
KJ1970:412; GY2008:1158; TA1965:695-9. As
with 1363, we suggest using the top right element
281 as ‘stopping and staring’.
Mnemonic: BOAR STOPS AND
STARES – HOPEFULLY IT’S FEELING FRIENDLY!
1365
佐
SA
assist, assistant
L1
7 strokes
HOSAassistant
SAKANfield officer
TAISAcolonel
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Has 24 ‘left’, in
an extended sense ‘support, help’, and 41
‘person’ added, giving overall meaning ‘assist/
one who assists’. KJ1970:416; OT1968:53;
GY2008:450.
Mnemonic: PERSON ON THE LEFT IS AN
ASSISTANT
1366
L3
沙
7
SA, isago
news, tidings, sand
grains
strokes
BUSATAneglect to write
SABAKUdesert
toriZATAgossip, rumor
Bronze ; seal . Has 42 ‘water’, and
160 ‘few, a little’ as semantic and phonetic, giving
‘small stone particles (suspended) in water’,
i.e. ‘sand’. Ogawa takes a slightly different
view, as originally meaning ‘water’s edge’, then
progressively by extension ‘sandy soil at water’s
edge’, and ‘sand’. 879 ‘sand’ is a later equivalent
graph (noted in Yupian as a popular writing
for ), in which 47 ‘stone’ is substituted
for ‘water’. The meanings ‘news, tidings,’
are perhaps by association with word-family
‘scatter(ed)’. KJ1970:415-6; MS1995:v2:734-5;
GY2008:496-7,815; OT1968:561.
Mnemonic: THE NEWS IS THAT THERE IS
LITTLE WATER – NOT GOOD TIDINGS
1367
唆
SA, sosonokasu, sosoru
entice, incite
L1
10 strokes
SHISAsuggestion, hint
KYŌSAincitement
KYŌSASHAabettor
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Shuowen has , in
relation to which , devised later, is a popular
variant. Has 22 ‘mouth’, and CO (see Note
below) as phonetic with associated sense ‘set
a dog on (someone or something)’, giving
‘urge on verbally, urge on’; often has negative
connotation. Note: originally (OBI) has
‘drag the foot, foot’ (see Appendix), with
(‘tall, slim person’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘walk slowly’, thus ‘walk slowly, walk dragging
foot’ (see also 715). KJ1970:418-9,158-9;
GY2008:1046,1715; MS1995:v1:286-7. As with
1470, we suggest taking right hand part as
‘crossed legs’ , and ‘runny nose’ .
Mnemonic: RUNNY NOSE, MOUTH AND
CROSSED LEGS ARE ENTICING!?
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