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1426
嫉
SHITSU, sonemu,
netamu
L1
jealousy, envy
13 strokes
SHITTOjealousy, envy
SHISSHIjealous eye
sonemibukai envious
Seal ( 㑵 ) . As the entry heading, Shuowen
has what today would generally be regarded
as a graph of more equitable structure than
, consisting of 41 ‘person’, plus 1423
(‘illness’) with associated sense ‘be jealous,
hate’, giving ‘person who is jealous/hates’.
Also, however, Shuowen notes an alternative
form with 37 ‘woman’, i.e. , and over time
this gained currency to the point where it
eclipsed . The favored form of this graph is a
reminder that modern viewpoints and values
are irrelevant to the environment in early
China in which graphs evolved, and possibly
at times may even prove to be a hindrance to
our understanding of the historical realities.
SS1984:388; OT1968:262; DJ2009:v2:659;
GY2008:1672; AS2007:294.
Mnemonic: A WOMAN SO JEALOUS SHE
FALLS ILL
1427
漆
SHITSU, urushi
lacquer, varnish
L1
14 strokes
SHIKKIlacquerware
SHIKKOKUjet black
urushinuri lacquering
Seal . Originally written 桼 depicting droplets
of liquid (lacquer) dripping down from
a tree 73, signifying ‘lacquer tree’ and by
extension ‘lacquer’. According to Katō, /
42 ‘water, liquid’ was added as a determinative
at the seal stage because it was no longer
realized that the lower part of the graph 桼
already included a component indicating
a liquid; note, though, that the entry 桼 in
Shuowen does explain this graph as a pictograph
relating to liquid, meaning ‘tree sap’.
itself is defined in Shuowen as being a river
name, but this is a later loan use of the graph.
Lacquerware of an extremely high standard
was being produced in China as early as
the Han Dynasty. DJ2009:v3:876,v2:500-01;
MS1995:v2:776-7; GY2008:1755,1202;
KJ1970:178; OT1968:603-4. We suggest taking
as a multi-branched tree.
Mnemonic: EXTRA WATERY LACQUER FROM
A MULTI-BRANCHED TREE
1428
芝
shiba
turf, lawn
L1
6 strokes
shibafu*lawn
shibaishow, drama
shibakariki lawn mower
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 53
‘plant, vegetation, grass’, and (‘go’; see
Note below) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘wondrous’, giving ‘wondrous plant’,
referring originally to a type of mushroom
considered to promote longevity. ‘Turf, grass’
is a Japanese-only sense for this graph. Note:
is based on a pictograph. What exactly it
depicted originally (OBI stage) is disputed:
interpretations include that it represented
i] vegetation newly emerged above the
ground, or ii] a foot trying to advance beyond
a demarcating line. Either way, ‘go’ is
taken to be an extended sense; in the case
of ii], initially ‘advance with difficulty’, then
generalized to ‘advance’, go’; apart from ‘go’,
this graph is also used as a convenient way of
writing several grammatical function words.
SS1984:365; MS1995:v1:18-19; GY2008:228.
We suggest taking as a zig-zag path.
Mnemonic: ZIG-ZAG PATH CROSSES GRASSY
LAWN
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