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1375
彩
SAI, irodoru
color
L1
11 strokes
SHIKISAIcolor(ing)
TANSAIlight coloring
SAIUNglowing clouds
Seal ; late graph (later version of Shuowen);
traditional . Has 115, a determinative
believed originally to have had a meaning such
as ‘decorative feathers’ or ‘colored feathers’, and
/ 1371 (hand gathering from tree) as phonetic
with associated sense as i] ‘decoration,
embellishment’, thus ‘beautiful colors/pattern’
(Ogawa, Shirakawa), or ii] ‘mixed’, giving ‘decorate
using various colors’ (Katō). OT1968:345;
SS1984:350,337; KJ1970:419-20. We suggest
taking as a three-bristled brush.
Mnemonic: THREE BRISTLES PAINT COLOR
PICTURE OF HAND TAKING FROM TREE
1376
L1
斎
11
SAI
purify, abstain,
worship, a study
strokes
SAIKAIpurification
SHOSAIa study/den
KESSAIabstinence, purify
Bronze ; seal ; traditional . Bronze has
723 (originally pictograph of altar; ‘show’),
and the early equivalent of 1578 ([traditional
form: ] originally depiction of (three)
grain plants growing together; ‘equal, similar’)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘put in order’,
giving ‘put body and mind in order for worship’.
Extended senses include ‘purify’, ‘abstain’; also,
‘a separate place to conduct such activities’,
giving ‘study’ as a further extended sense.
Some clerical script occurrences show a trend
in shape towards , the upper part of which
seems to have evolved – albeit with a degree
of distortion – from the earlier component
made up of the three grain plants. TA1965:773;
OT1968:723; SK1984:816; MS1995:v2:1524-5.
Suggest lower part as framed altar, and as
‘text’ 72.
Mnemonic: WRITE TEXT ON PURIFICATION
USING FRAMED ALTAR IN A STUDY
1377
債
SAI
debt, loan
L1
13 strokes
SAIMUliabilities
SAIKENdebenture
SAIKENSHAcreditor
1378
催
SAI, moyoosu
organize, muster
L1
13 strokes
SHUSAIsponsorship
SAISOKUurging
SAIMINhypnosis
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 751
‘liability’ (originally, ‘money requested [from
debtor]’; ‘liability’), and 41 ‘person’ added,
giving ‘one who owes money’, and by extension
‘debt’. OT1968:78; GY2008:1072.
Mnemonic: DEBT THROUGH LOAN IS A
PERSON’S LIABILITY
Seal : late graph (Shuowen). Has 41
‘person’, and (CO meaning ‘high mountain’)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘urge,
encourage’, giving ‘urge/encourage someone’.
OT1968:78; DJ2009:v2:660. Take as 26
‘mountain’ and 324 ‘bird’.
Mnemonic: PERSON ORGANISES AND MUS-
TERS BIRDS ON MOUNTAIN
408 The Remaining 1130 Characters