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Shirakawa, though, takes as claws of
wild beast, with as showing corpse of
wild beast (top part ‘net’ taken here as
showing head). ‘Explain’ is extended sense.
Mizukami lists proposed older equivalent
for . Note: has 76 ‘eye’, plus
295 ’happiness’ taken either i] as phonetic
with associated sense ‘espy; look for’, or ii]
as separate graph from (though same
shape), meaning ‘criminal in handcuffs’, either
way giving sense ‘watch/search for criminals’.
MS1995:v2:1354-5,922-4; OT1968:1030;
KJ1970:95-6; SS1984:396. Suggest modern
right side as person 41 with backpack,
as variant of ‘rice’ 220.
Mnemonic: MAN EXPLAINS WHY HE HAS
RICE IN BACKPACK AND IS RELEASED
1437
爵
SHAKU
peerage
L1
17 strokes
SHAKUIpeerage
JUSHAKUennoblement
DANSHAKUbaron
OBI ; seal ; traditional . The OBI forms,
which are generally considered to depict
a type of wine vessel, include an upper
projecting element, perhaps a handle; some
occurrences show three legs and/or a small
feature (commonly square-shaped) which
may be intended to represent a pattern
or crest. Bronze forms vary in shape; one
depicts a three-legged vessel and a ‘hand’
2003 next to it. The seal form is more
complex, having a wine vessel, plus top element
(possibly a handle or lid), plus (then
later, 920 instead) ‘hand’, plus ‘fragrant
herb added to wine for the deities/fragrant
wine for the deities’. The overall meaning
is taken to be ‘wine vessel’ (in one view,
based on some of the early forms, a vessel
in the shape of a bird), or ‘hold wine vessel’.
The corresponding original block script
equivalent of the seal form is taken to be