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Appendix], not 112 ‘strike’) and 1697
(q.v.) – is a subtle one which resulted in
fluctuation in the shape of even in the
leading dictionaries in Qing dynasty China:
Zhengzitong gives the printed form of this
graph as it would be written today, as ,
while the authoritative Kangxi zidian presents
it in what its scholars saw as the more correct
form. In the 2010 Jōyō kanji List, though, this
relatively uncommon graph not included in
other earlier official character lists has been
regularized in shape to , a change which
avoids an otherwise troublesome fine point
of difference. KZ2001:2052/3671; OT1968:786;
GY2008:1032-3; SS1984:589; ZZ1671:v2:909.
We suggest taking 1697 as ‘do’, with 29
‘thread’.
Mnemonic: DO FINE, EXACT THREADWORK
1702
L2
畜
CHIKU
livestock
10 strokes
CHIKURUIlivestock
CHIKUSHŌbeast, Damn!
CHIKUSANstockbreeding
Bronze ; seal . It is hard to determine
whether the top element in was originally
or . The shapes of 1297 (‘black,
occult’) and 29 (‘fine thread’), were often
very similar if not identical in bronze, and
then written distinctively from the seal script
stage onwards. Thus analyses diverge. One
view treats as having 63 ‘field’, with as
phonetic with associated sense ‘rest, give rest’,
giving overall meaning ‘let soil rest from cultivation’,
and by extension ‘accumulate’ (Ogawa,
Katō). Alternatively, the top element is taken
to be ‘black’, giving ‘grow crops in rich black
soil’ (Tōdō). MS1995:v2:878-9,648-9,v1:448-9;
OT1968:671; KJ1970:387-8; TA1965:178.
Mnemonic: LIVESTOCK IN FIELD ARE FOR
OCCULT PURPOSES
1703
逐
CHIKU, ou
changed to 85 ‘go, walk’. These combined
chase, pursue
elements are generally taken as ‘follow
L1
10 strokes
wild boar’, then more generally ‘chase prey,
chase’. An alternative minority view (noted in
KUCHIKUdriving off
Mizukami) takes 89 ‘wild pig’ as phonetic
CHIKUICHIone by one
with associated sense ‘chase’, thus ‘chase
CHIKUGOTEKIliteral
along path’ or ‘chase and surround prey’, but
still same generalized meaning, i.e. ‘chase’.
OBI ; seal . OBI form has pictograph of
MS1995:v2:1292-3; MR2007:244; TA1965:178;
wild animal varied in shape, but often felt
QX2000:192; OT1968:1000; SS1984:591.
to represent wild boar or similar, with an
element for ‘foot’. At bronze stage, ‘foot’ was Mnemonic: GO IN PURSUIT OF WILD PIG
1704
蓄
CHIKU, takuwaeru
accumulate, store
L1
13 strokes
CHOCHIKUsavings
CHIKUDENcharging
CHIKUSEKIaccumulation
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 53
‘plants’, and 1702 taken in one view in the
extended sense ‘accumulate’, giving ‘accumulate
vegetables (for winter)’ (Tōdō, Ogawa). A
different view takes as phonetic with associated
sense ‘soak skeins in pot of dye’, giving ‘accumulate’
(color from plant dyes). TA1965:178;
OT1968:866; SS1984:1591.
Mnemonic: LIVESTOCK FED ON
ACCUMULATED PLANTS IN STORE
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