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1402
L2
伺
7
SHI, ukagau
visit, seek, ask, hear,
inquire
strokes
ukagaigotoinquiry
SHIKŌcourtesy call
ukagaiSHOletter of inquiry
Seal ; a late graph (later version of Shuowen).
Has 41 ‘person’, and 524 (‘administer,
take charge’) as phonetic with associated
sense taken as ‘look carefully, spy on’, giving
1403
刺
SHI, sasu/saru, toge
pierce, stab, thorn
L2
8 strokes
MEISHIname card
sashimisashimi (raw fish)
togenukitweezers
1404
祉
SHI
well-being, happiness
L1
8 strokes
SHIFUKUwell-being
FUKUSHIwelfare
‘one who spies’ (Katō, Tōdō). Most meanings
of this graph as used in modern Japanese appear
to derive from its original sense ‘watch,
investigate’. Alternatively, has been taken
as semantic as well as phonetic in function,
giving ‘one who is in charge’ (Ogawa); this
analysis finds some support in Schuessler,
who notes as having a meaning ‘supervisor’
in bronze texts. KJ1970:457-8; TA1965:119;
OT1968:54; AS2007:477.
Mnemonic: ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON
INQUIRES ABOUT VISITING, WE HEAR
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 198
‘knife, sword; cut’, and NJK 883 ‘thorn’,
and by extension ‘sharp, pointed weapon’
as semantic and phonetic, giving ‘stab and
wound’. QX2000:182; KJ1970:478; OT1968:116;
AS2007:199. As with 883, we suggest taking
as ‘tree with droopy branches’.
Mnemonic: GET PIERCED BY THORN WHEN
CUTTING DROOPY TREE BRANCHES
OBI ; seal . Has /723 ‘show’ in its
original sense ‘offering table, altar’, and
143 ‘stop, stay,’ as semantic and phonetic,
giving ‘the deity descends and stays, (thus)
bestowing favor’, hence ‘good fortune’.
MS1995:v2:940-41; OT1968:719; GY2008:741.
Mnemonic: STAYING AT THE ALTAR BRINGS
HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING
1405
L1
肢
SHI
limb, part
8 strokes
SHITAIthe limbs
KASHIlower limbs
SENTAKUSHIoption
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). The main
heading in Shuowen has 胑 , with listed just
as an alternative form. has /209 ‘meat,
flesh; body’ and 717 ‘branch’ as semantic
and phonetic, giving ‘the limbs’. OT1968:817;
AS2007:614; SS1984:367.
Mnemonic: LIMBS ARE BRANCHES OF THE BODY
The Remaining 1130 Characters 415