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1650
L1
即
7
SOKU, sunawachi
immediate, accession,
namely
strokes
SOKUI accession
SOKKOKUimmediately
SOKUSEKI impromptu
OBI ; seal ; traditional form A ; traditional
form B . Traditional form A, which
reflects early shapes up to and including
(particularly) seal, has 41 ‘person kneeling’,
with (CO, ‘millet [or similar] piled up
in receptacle’) as semantic and phonetic,
thus ‘come in front of millet or other food/
be about to eat’. Kangxi zidian has as
orthodox form, and notes (trad form B)
as a clerical script form, based on a note in
earlier Jiyun dictionary; in fact, shapes close
to were already common in clerical script.
Note: is an archaistic equivalent sometimes
favored in older printed texts, though
not usually supported in modern computerised
fonts. is accorded a separate entry
in Kangxi zidian, which quotes Yupian in
describing it as the then contemporary way
of writing trad form B. MS1995:v1:182-3;
KZ2001:293,294/3671; SK1984:126-7;
KJ1970:183; QX2000:187; OT1968:147. We
suggest taking as ‘uncovered food’ ( 163
‘food, eat’).
Mnemonic: PERSON IMMEDIATELY KNEELS
BEFORE UNCOVERED FOOD
1651
促
SOKU, unagasu
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 41
urge, press
‘person’, and 54 ‘foot, leg’ as phonetic with
L1
9 strokes
associated sense taken in one view as ‘speed
up’, giving ‘quicken one’s pace and close in
SOKUSHIN promotion
on someone’, and by extension ‘urge’ (Ogawa;
SAISOKUdemand
Tōdō also notes associated sense as being
SOKUSEI promotion, growth
close to ‘quick’). Alternatively, as phonetic
here is analyzed as having associated sense
‘shrink, make small’, giving ‘person of short
stature’, and in this interpretation ‘urge’ is
regarded as a loan usage (Katō). OT1968:65;
TA1965:295-8; KJ1970:646-7.
Mnemonic: PERSON URGED TO PRESS AHEAD
ON FOOT
1652
捉
SOKU, toraeru
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has34 ‘hand’,
seize, capture
and 54 (‘foot, leg’) as phonetic with associated
sense taken as ‘bring together and capture’,
L1
10 strokes
giving ‘capture’. Another view is broadly similar,
HASOKUgrasp, comprehend taking the associated sense as ‘firmly tighten
toraedokoromeaning, point
one’s grip and capture’ (Tōdō; in his word-family
‘make smaller’). OT1968:413; TA1965:295-9.
Mnemonic: SEIZED BY THE FOOT AND THE
HAND – CAPTURED
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