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1822<br />

L1<br />

鱒 <br />

<br />

<br />

虹<br />

niji, KŌ<br />

rainbow<br />

9 strokes<br />

nijimasurainbow trout<br />

KŌSAIiris (of eye)<br />

nijiirorainbow hues<br />

OBI ; seal . One scholar (Gu), sees the<br />

OBI form as depicting an animal dipping its<br />

two heads down to drink from a river (possibly<br />

the Yellow River). In another view (Mizukami),<br />

OBI form is taken as depicting not just<br />

an animal but more specifically two dragons<br />

(male and female). The seal form changes<br />

1823<br />

L1<br />

尿<br />

NYŌ<br />

urine<br />

7 strokes<br />

TŌNYŌBYŌdiabetes<br />

NYŌSOurea<br />

NYŌI‘call of nature’<br />

substantially in shape to 60 ‘insect’, with<br />

125 (‘work’) as phonetic with associated<br />

sense taken either as i] ‘pierce, extend<br />

across’, giving ‘(wondrous) insect/entity<br />

which extends across/pierces the sky’ (Mizukami,<br />

Tōdō), or ii] ‘hang sideways’, giving<br />

‘seven-colored dragon which hangs across<br />

the sky’ (Ogawa). Traditionally in Chinese<br />

culture, dragons are seen as benevolent<br />

creatures, unlike in the West. GY2008:853;<br />

MS1995:v2:1144-6; TA1965:302-06.<br />

Mnemonic: INSECTS WORK TO CREATE<br />

RAINBOWS<br />

OBI ; seal . OBI form graphically depicts<br />

a figure urinating. Seal form is of different<br />

structure, having 256 ‘corpse, prone<br />

figure’, taken here to serve as abbreviation<br />

for 1888 ‘tail’ (but sometimes ‘private<br />

parts, genitalia’), with 42 ‘water, liquid’,<br />

giving ‘liquid from private parts’, i.e.<br />

‘urine’. MS1995:v1:406-08; GY2008:521;<br />

KJ1970:800-01.<br />

Mnemonic: WATER FROM CORPSE IS URINE<br />

1824<br />

妊<br />

NIN, haramu<br />

pregnant<br />

L1<br />

7 strokes<br />

NINSHINpregnancy<br />

NINPUpregnant woman<br />

FUNINSHŌinfertility<br />

OBI ; seal . Has 37 ‘woman’, with<br />

777 (‘spindle’) as phonetic with associated<br />

sense ‘swell’ > ‘pregnant’. Katō says at<br />

bronze stage this graph was used for a clan<br />

name. KJ1970:568; MS1995:v1:316-7,282-3;<br />

OT1968:253.<br />

Mnemonic: WOMAN WITH SPINDLE IS<br />

PREGNANT<br />

1825<br />

L1<br />

忍<br />

NIN, shinobu<br />

endure, stealth<br />

7 strokes<br />

NINJAninja<br />

NINTAIendurance<br />

shinobikomusneak into<br />

Bronze ; seal . Has 164 ‘heart/mind’,<br />

with 1549 (‘blade’, q.v.) as phonetic<br />

with associated sense ‘endure’ > ‘endure<br />

in one’s heart’. ‘Stealth’ may relate to not<br />

showing feelings. KJ1970:569; GY2008:532;<br />

MS1995:v1:498-9,122-3; OT1968:359;<br />

KZ2001:237-238/3671.<br />

Mnemonic: ENDURE A STEALTHY BLADE IN<br />

THE HEART<br />

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