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1507
L1
奨
SHŌ
urge, encourage
13 strokes
SHŌREIencouragement
SUISHŌrecommendation
SHŌGAKUKINscholarship
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional .
The seal form has 19 ‘dog’, and abbreviation
of (traditional form of 911 ‘command[er]’)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘set a dog
1508
L1
詳
SHŌ, kuwashii
detailed
13 strokes
SHŌSAIdetails
MISHŌvague, unclear
kuwashikuin detail
on someone and urge on’, giving generalized
meaning ‘urge on, encourage’. The Zhengzitong
and Kangxi zidian (Peking Palace printed
edition), though, favor not ‘dog’ but 56
‘big’, and this latter form () was also favored
in the first Jōyō kanji List, promulgated in
1923; later abbreviated to . KJ1970:550-51;
KZ2001:507/3671; OT1968:250; GY2008:916.
Mnemonic: URGED ON BY ENCOURAGING
COMMANDER
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 118
‘words; speak’, and 426 (‘sheep’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘detailed’, giving overall
meaning taken as either ‘argue/debate in detail’
(Ogawa), or ‘surmise in detail’ (Shirakawa).
OT1968:928; SS1984:447.
Mnemonic: DETAILED TALK ABOUT SHEEP
1509
L1
彰
14
SHŌ
clear, open,
embellishment
strokes
HYŌSHŌcommendation
KENSHŌmanifestation
SHŌTOKUpublic praise
Seal ; Has (see 115), a determinative
whose meanings include ‘light/bright, adorn’,
and 334 (‘chapter’; orig ‘tattooing needle’, by
extension ‘tattoos’) taken either as i] phonetic
with associated sense ‘make clear’, thus ‘clear
embellishment’ (Katō), or ii] semantic and phonetic,
meaning ‘markings, pattern’ (Ogawa), to
give overall sense ‘bright and clear’ (Tōdō). Shirakawa
takes both elements as semantic, but
also – like Katō – leading to the overall sense
‘clear embellishment’. KJ1970:535; OT1968:346;
TA1965:347; SS1984:448.
Mnemonic: THREE STROKES IN TATTOO ARE
A CLEAR EMBELLISHMENT
1510
憧
SHŌ, DŌ, akogareru
yearn, aspire, admire
L1
15 strokes
akogarelonging, yearning
DŌKEI/SHŌKEIaspiration
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 164
‘heart, mind, feeling’, with 385 (‘child’) as
phonetic (associated sense unclear). Overall
meaning is given in Shuowen as ‘thoughts are
unsettled’. ‘Long for’ may be an extended sense.
Suggest taking as 77 ‘stand’ and as 238
‘village’. DJ2009:v3:857; OT1968:368.
Mnemonic: CHILD STANDING IN VILLAGE
HAS A YEARNING FEELING
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