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phonetic, with associated sense ‘beginning’,
giving ‘tree with fruit used at beginning
of pregnancy’, reflecting the popularity of
this fruit in ancient times among pregnant
women and an association with procreation.
(Cf. the Japanese legend of Momotarō, the
Peach Boy.) OT1968:506; TA1965:243-4;
KJ1970:703.
Mnemonic: A PEACH TREE IS AN OMEN
1781
L1
透
TŌ, suku/kasu/keru
clear, transparent
10 strokes
TŌMEI transparency
TŌSHAtracing
sukitōru be clear
Seal ; late graph (a later version of
Shuowen). Has 85 ‘move’, with 1451
(‘excellent’) as phonetic with associated
sense taken either as i] ‘project, stick out’,
considered to give ‘walk out in front of others’
or ‘leap up’ or ‘go past’ and by extension
‘penetrate’ (Katō), or ii] ‘dance’, giving ‘dance
up’, and as loan usage ‘go, pass through;
be transparent’ (Ogawa). ‘Leading’ may
also suggest clearing the way. KJ1970:736;
OT1968:1002.
Mnemonic: EXCELLENT MOVEMENT CLEARS
THE WAY
1782
悼
TŌ, itamu
grieve, mourn
L1
11 strokes
AITŌgrief, mourning
TSUITŌmourning
itamubeki lamentable
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 164
‘heart, feelings’, with 1675 (‘table; excel’)
as phonetic with associated sense taken in
one view as ‘feel pain’, giving ‘the heart feels
pain’ (Katō). Alternatively, the associated
sense of is taken as ‘come out’, giving
‘sadness which leaves one feeling exhausted’
(Ogawa); the basis for Ogawa’s very specific
meaning here is not made clear. KJ1970:675-
6; OT1968:376.
Mnemonic: FEELINGS OF GRIEF OVER LOSS
OF EXCELLENT TABLE
1783
盗
TŌ, nusumu
steal
L2
11 strokes
TŌYŌappropriation
GŌTŌrobbery
nusubito* thief
Seal ; traditional . Consists of CO 㳄
‘drool saliva’ (see Note below), combined with
300 ‘bowl, dish’, interpreted in one view as
giving ‘drool saliva over bowl of food, wanting
to take it’ (Mizukami, Katō); by extension, ‘(quietly)
take, steal’. Ogawa interprets the original
sense of slightly differently as ‘look at food
in another’s bowl and feel envious’, but still
arrives at the same extended sense as above.
Mizukami lists proposed OBI and bronze
equivalents for . Note: 㳄 is comprised of
‘water, liquid’, combined with 496 (originally,
depiction of person with mouth wide open;
‘lack; gap’), hence the meaning ‘drool saliva’.
MS1995:v2:906-7; KJ1970:669; OT1968:532.
We suggest taking the modern upper part of
1783 as ‘next’ 308.
Mnemonic: STEAL A BOWL NEXT
The Remaining 1130 Characters 531