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1414
L1
諮
16
SHI, hakaru
consultation, seeking
advice, inquiry
strokes
SHIJUNconsultation
SHIMONinquiry
SHIMONKIKANadvisorybody
Seal ( ) ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has NJK
(‘inquire’), the original meaning of which
was ‘sigh, lament’ (Schuessler), but it was
then used also to represent a separate word
meaning ‘inquire, initiate discussion’. To
indicate clearly in writing when the graph
was being used in the latter sense, 118
‘words; speak’ was added. GY2008:916;
AS2007:311 SS1984:378,367. Note 1:
consists of ‘mouth; say’ 22, and 308
(‘next’) as phonetic with associated sense
taken by Shirakawa as ‘open the mouth and
lament’, though Shirakawa prefers to take the
idiosyncratic view of treating here not as
‘mouth’ but ‘prayer receptacle’, giving (in his
view) ‘inquire of the deities’. Note 2: In modern
Japanese usage, is used for hakaru in
the sense ‘formally inquire’, as at a committee
meeting. Note 3: In socio-cultural terms the
Japanese use consultations and seek advice
a lot more than do Westerners, not normally
from lawyers (in fact, litigation is relatively
rare) but from seniors, often a section head
or manager at their workplace. Doing things
in the prescribed way is important, and orthodoxy
is greatly respected, and – perhaps
on a somewhat defensive note – it also helps
diffuse responsibility if things go wrong. We
suggest taking as ‘next, follow’ 308 and
as ‘mouth’, or alternatively ‘opening’.
Mnemonic: IN AN INQUIRY, ONE MOUTH IS
OPENED TO SPEAK, THEN THE NEXT
Or: IN CONSULTATION, WORDS FOLLOW
WORDS – NEED AN OPENING!
1415
L1
侍
JI, samurai, haberu
attend upon, serve
8 strokes
JIJŪchamberlain
JIJOlady-in-waiting
JISŌacolyte
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 41
‘person’, plus 149 (‘temple’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘serve, wait upon’ (Tōdō
says ‘remain in the one place [in attendance]’),
giving ‘one who serves’. The sense ‘samurai’
(one who attends upon his lord) evolved as an
additional, Japanese-only usage. KJ1970:480-
81; TA1965:70-71; OT1968:60; AS2007:467. As
mnemonic, we suggest two approaches: the
first treating the elements person and temple
; the second taking the ‘temple’ apart
and treating the graph as ‘soil, ground’ 64
and ‘hand’ 920.
Mnemonic: PERSON IN ATTENDANCE AT
TEMPLE IS A SAMURAI
Or: PERSON SERVING HAS SOILED HANDS !!
1416
L1
滋
12
JIYŌnourishment
JIMIsavoriness
JIUwelcome rain
JI
luxuriant, rich,
strengthen
strokes
OBI ; seal ; traditional forms , .
Note similarity in shape has historically
caused fluctuation (and no doubt confusion)
between (NJK; original meaning:
‘abundant shoots of vegetation’) and (NJK;
original meaning: ‘thread dyed twice’) as the
right-hand element, both then merging as
(on this point, see 1417 Note); Zhengzitong
has as the heading character, and notes
as an alternative form. Views vary, though all
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