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sheaves of grain were lifted and probably also
counted. ‘Praise’ appears to be considered a
further extended sense. Mizukami lists OBI
and bronze equivalents corresponding to 爯 .
Note: The OBI and bronze equivalents of 爯 do
suggest something in the shape of a sheaf or
bale. 爯 consists of 319 ‘claw’ or sometimes
– as here – ‘hand’, plus the lower element
taken as either (Katō), or , in either case
treated as phonetic with associated sense
‘lift up’ and giving overall meaning ‘lift up by
hand’. The modern form is an abbreviated
shape based on early (probably Tang Dynasty)
calligraphic cursive models of this graph.
KJ1970:549; MS1995:v2:819-20; OT1968:731;
FC1974:1623-4. We suggest taking 尓 as a
variant of ‘altar’ 723.
Mnemonic: PRAISING AND CHANTING AT
ODD ALTAR FOR GOOD GRAIN CROP
1498
L1
渉
SHŌ
cross (over), liaise
11 strokes
KŌSHŌnegotiations
KANSHŌinterference
SHŌGAIpublic relations
OBI ; seal . The OBI forms vary, consisting
of 50 ‘river’ or / 42 ‘water’ (either
of these complete or abbreviated), and
221 ‘walk’, thus ‘make ripples crossing a river/
stream’. is common in bronze. Shuowen lists
two seal forms: the heading has with an
extra element on the right, but also notes
the simpler form , which came to predominate
later. Senses such as ‘liaise, negotiate’
are probably based on crossing from one
side to another. MS1995:v2:778-9,v1:702-3;
KJ1970:623; OT1968:587.
Mnemonic: WALK THROUGH WATER TO
CROSS IN ORDER TO LIAISE
1499
L2
紹
SHŌ
introduce, inherit
11 strokes
SHŌKAIintroduction
SHŌKAISHAintroducer
JIKOSHŌKAIself-introduction
Seal . Has 29 ‘thread’, and 1486 (‘summon,
partake’) taken either as i] semantic and
phonetic, meaning ‘join’ (Gu, Ogawa), or ii]
as phonetic with associated sense ‘bend’ or
‘invite’ (Mizukami). Either way, overall original
sense is ‘join threads’. By extension, generalized
on the basis of bringing two things
together, giving ‘introduce, inherit’. Mizukami
lists proposed OBI and bronze equivalents.
GY2008:767; OT1968:775; MS1995:v2:1010-11.
Mnemonic: SUMMONED TO INTRODUCE
THREADS
1500
L2
訟
SHŌ
accuse, sue
11 strokes
SOSHŌlitigation
SOSHŌNINplaintiff
SOSHŌHIYŌcourt costs
Bronze ; seal . Has 118 ‘words; speak’,
and 126 (originally, ‘freely open up something
enclosed’; ‘public, fair’ – see) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘attack’ (Ogawa says
‘grow violent’), thus ‘attack someone openly
with words’, and hence ‘quarrel, litigate’.
MS1995:v2:1188-9,v1:100-02; TA1965:307;
OT1968:923.
Mnemonic: PUBLIC WORDS OF ACCUSATION
LEAD ONE TO SUE
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