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1555
L1
腎
JIN
kidney
13 strokes
JINSEKIkidney stone
KANJINmain, vital
JINZŌ kidney
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has /
209 ‘flesh, meat; body’, and 臤 1237 (CO,‘pluck
out eye [as punishment]’) as phonetic. Associated
sense of 臤 here is regarded as unclear,
but possibly ‘remove’, giving ‘bodily part
which removes (waste fluid)’. Shuowen explains
as being where (bodily) fluid is stored.
OT1968:824; GY2008:611. We suggest using
543 ‘minister, eye’, and 2003 ‘hand’.
Mnemonic: MINISTER PUTS HAND TO HIS
BODY – KIDNEY TROUBLE
1556
L1
須
SU, subeka(raku)
should, necessary
15 strokes
SUMASuma (place name)
HISSUessential, compulsory
EBISU god of wealth
Bronze ; seal . Originally, pictograph
of a man’s head/face 103 with wavy lines
here meaning whiskers of a beard, (see
also 115 and 517). Borrowed for its sound
value as a convenient way to write another
homophonous or near-homophonous word
in early Chinese meaning ‘must, should’. Mizukami
lists several proposed OBI equivalents.
MS1995:v2:1442-3; GY2008:891; OT1968:1101;
WD1974:629-31.
Mnemonic: IT’S NECESSARY TO GROW
WHISKERS ON YOUR FACE
1557
L2
吹
SUI, fuku
blow, exhale
7 strokes
KOSUIadvocacy
fubuki*snowstorm
fukitaosu blow down
OBI ; seal . Has 22 ‘mouth’, and
496 ‘gap; lack’, the latter in its original core
meaning of ‘open mouth wide, yawn’, giving
‘breathe out, breathe out suddenly’ (Ogawa
says ‘breathe out vigorously’); by extension,
‘play wind instrument’. MS1995:v1:218-20;
KJ1970:578; OT1968:173.
Mnemonic: LACK MOUTH, BUT CAN STILL
BLOW AND EXHALE
1558
炊
SUI, taku
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 8 ‘fire’,
cook, boil
and 496 (‘lack’) as abbrev of 1557 ‘blow’
L1
8 strokes
as semantic and phonetic > ‘blow upon fire’ to
make bigger. As fire is important for cooking,
SUIJIcooking
‘cook’ evolved as extended meaning.
meshitakicook, maid
GY2008:704-5; KJ1970:577; OT1968:617.
JISUI self-catering
Mnemonic: LACK FIRE BUT COOK
NONETHELESS!?
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