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first appeared [as independent graph] sometime
between the Song and Yuan dynasties’,
derived from shape of Tibetan letter read ta,
based on close cultural contact between Song
and Yuan dynasties. Note, however, that as a
determinative in graphs such as the shape
was already commonly used as variant of
歺 from clerical script onwards, such as in texts
on wooden strips recovered from Juyan, a
frontier town established ca.104BC in what is
now part of Inner Mongolia. KJ1970:505,312;
MS1995:v1:708-9; SS1984:401; SK1984:427-
30; QX2000:170-71; GY2008:69; CS2000:61;
AS2007:470.
Mnemonic: VERMILION-RED BONES ARE
SOMETHING SPECIAL
1442
珠
SHU
jewel, pearl
L1
10 strokes
SHUGYOKUjewel
SHINJUpearl
JUZU*rosary
1443
腫
SHU, hareru/rasu
swelling, tumor
L1
13 strokes
NIKUSHUsarcoma
SHUYŌtumor
haremonoswelling, boil
1444
L1
趣
15
SHU, omomuki/ku
gist, tendency, idea,
proceed,view
strokes
SHUMIhobby, interest, taste
SHUIgist, view
SHUKŌplan, scheme, idea
Bronze ; seal . One interpretation has
179 ‘run’ (this graph’s meaning in early [not
modern] Chinese), and 317 ‘take, catch,
grasp’, giving ‘run to catch (wild animal)’
(Mizukami, Katō). Another interpretation,
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 15 ‘jade,
precious stone’, and 1439 (‘vermilion’) as
phonetic with associated sense usually taken
as ‘round ball’, thus ‘pearl’. Katō’ prefers to take
the original meaning as ‘jade round in shape’,
and ‘pearl’ as a loan usage. The majority view
is probably the one to follow. OT1968:656;
SS1984:40; GY2008:980; KJ1970:505.
Mnemonic: PEARL IS A VERMILION-RED
JEWEL?!
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has / 209
‘flesh, body’, and 326 ‘heavy’ taken either i]
as semantic and phonetic (Tōdō, Gu), or ii] as
phonetic with associated sense ‘collect, gather’
(Ogawa), both giving meaning ‘swell up’.
TA1965:291; GY2008:677; OT1968:825.
Mnemonic: BODY FEELS HEAVY WITH A
SWELLING TUMOR
based on usage of in bronze texts, takes
the original meaning as ‘run, move quickly’
(Gu, Shirakawa; Shirakawa also notes ‘take’ as
another meaning). Schuessler gives the early
meaning as ‘hasten to’. This latter sense ‘hasten
towards, tend towards’ is reflected in the meanings
this graph has in Japanese such as ‘tendency,
gist’. QX2000:196; MS1995:v2:1258-9;
KJ1970:503; SS1984:402; GY2008:1779;
AS2007:635.
Mnemonic: MY VIEW TENDS TO PROCEED BY
RUNNING AND CATCHING
The Remaining 1130 Characters 427