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a hand rather than a claw. ‘Hand’ is often the
more appropriate sense in compound graphs,
where is usually represented in the modified
shape (see e.g. 709 ‘take, gather’).
The latter two commentators consider ‘claw,
talon’ etc. to be borrowed usage, but it seems
better to take as extended sense (if ‘hand’ is
considered to be what is originally depicted).
SS1984:538; MS1995:v2:818-9; GY2008:93-4;
OT1968:630.
Mnemonic: THREE TALONS CLAWING
1740
L1
鶴
tsuru, KAKU
crane, stork
21 strokes
KAKUSHUstretch neck
tsuruhashipickax
tsurukame congratulations
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 190
‘bird’, and CO 隺 664 (‘reach high up, fly’; see
Note below) as phonetic with associated
sense taken as i] ‘(bird) calls/sings/chirps’
(Ogawa, Shirakawa), or ii] ‘white’ (Tōdō), either
way taken as ‘crane’. Regarding i] above, it is
worth noting that cranes are very vocal birds,
and at least some varieties have cries which
carry a long distance. Note: 隺 is explained in
Shuowen as ‘bird () rising up and wanting
to go through a boundary’. DJ2009:v2:433;
OT1968:1155; SS1984:110; TA1965:264-6;
MS1995:v1:106-7; BK1957:287. Take 隺 as
‘bird’ 324 and as ‘odd’ claws 1739.
Mnemonic: BIRD WITH ODD CLAWS
ALONGSIDE ANOTHER BIRD – A CRANE
1741
呈
TEI
present, offer
L1
7 strokes
TEIJŌpresentation
ZŌTEIdonation
SHINTEIpresentation
Seal form: . Traditional form has 22
‘mouth; speak’, and