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1736
L1
塚
tsuka, CHŌ
mound, tumulus
12 strokes
kaizukashell mound
tsukaanagrave
Takarazuka place-name
OBI ; bronze ; seal . Analyses vary. The OBI
form is treated by one commentator (Gu) as
‘cliff’, with 豖 ‘fat castrated pig’ as semantic and
phonetic in the generalized sense ‘big’, giving
‘massive/lofty cliff’; the relationship to the sense
‘mound’ is not indicated (see Note below). In
another interpretation, this graph is analysed
as 豖 taken differently as ‘dog sacrifice’,
combined with ‘cover’ to make , giving
‘cover dog sacrifice with earth’ (Shirakawa); by
extension, ‘mound, grave’. The seal equivalent
is explained in Shuowen as ‘high tumulus/burial
mound’. The direct predecessor of modern
is , which represents with 64 ‘earth,
ground’ added as determinative in a reinforcing
role. is of late origin, noted in both
Zhengzitong and Kangxi zidian as a popular
writing for . Official Japanese character
lists from the Jōyō kanji List of 1923 onwards
already have the regularized shape . Note:
Mizukami lists multiple OBI occurrences of 豖 ,
which have an animal – quite possibly a pig –
with an additional stroke low down between
the legs, which he interprets as meaning ‘hobbled
pig has difficulty walking’. GY2008:1156;
SS1984:603; MS1995:v2:1222-3; ZZ1671:v1:276;
ZY2009:v1:180. We suggest taking the modern
form of this graph as presumed pig (see e.g. 89
and 1807) 豕 under a cover .
Mnemonic: EARTHEN MOUND COVERS PIG IN
A TUMULUS
1737
漬
tsukaru/keru, SHI Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 42
pickle, soak
‘water, liquid’, and 751 (‘liability, blame’) as
L1
14 strokes
phonetic with associated sense ‘put/pile up
on top’ (Ogawa, Katō), giving ‘put water on
tsukemonopickles
top’, i.e. ‘soak’. ‘Pickle’ is an extended meaning.
chazuketea on rice
OT1968:603; SS1984:376; KJ1985:380.
shiozuke salting
Mnemonic: TAKE BLAME FOR OVER-SOAKED
WATERY PICKLES
1738
坪
tsubo, HEI
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional
tsubo, sq.measure . Has 64 ‘earth, ground’ and 411 ‘flat,
L1
8 strokes
even’, giving ‘flat piece of land’. In Japanese only,
used for tsubo, a unit of measure (area) approx
tatetsubofloor space
3.31 square metres. OT1968:215; KJ1970:837.
GOtsubo5 tsubo
tsuboSŪ area (in tsubo)
Mnemonic: TSUBO ARE MEASURED ON FLAT
GROUND
1739
爪
tsume, tsumaclaw,
nail, talon
L1
4 strokes
tsumekirinail clippers
tsumasakitip-toe
tsumeato a scratch
Originally (OBI) a pictograph. Taken in one
interpretation as depicting either claws or
talons (Shirakawa), or in another as a human
hand with fingers apart, poised to grasp
something (Mizukami, Gu, Ogawa). Mizukami
lists several proposed OBI forms, and if these
are accepted then they do seem to represent
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