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tion), or iv] ‘link together’, giving ‘one who
accompanies’ (Ogawa). In the case of i] and
ii] above, ‘accompany’ represents a loan
usage. KJ1970:785; TA1965:654-8,647-52;
OT1968:56.
Mnemonic: HALF THE PEOPLE ARE
ACCOMPANIED
1865
L2
阪
HAN, saka
slope, incline
7 strokes
ŌsakaŌsaka
HANSHINŌsaka-Kōbe
HANROhilly road
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 262
‘hill, mound’, with 393 (‘oppose, anti-’) as
phonetic with associated sense usually taken
as ‘sloping, inclined’, giving ‘slope’. Shi-
rakawa offers an alternative minority view,
taking the associated sense as ‘scramble up’,
and relates the overall meaning to a ladder
providing a link with the deities. 394,
a variant form of later provenance which
substitutes 64 ‘earth, ground’ as determinative,
is listed in the 11 th century Jiyun
dictionary. See also 394. GY2008:344,368;
TA1965:658-61; KJ1970:787; SS1984:700;
OT1968:213.
Mnemonic: SLOPE IS OPPOSED HILL
1866
畔
HAN
ridge, edge
L1
10 strokes
CHIHANedge of pond
KOHANlakeside
KOHANSHIJINLake Poets
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has
63 ‘field’, combined with /214 (original
meaning: ‘divide into two’; now ‘half,
middle’) as semantic and phonetic, giving
‘boundary ridge/path between fields’.
OT1968:671; KJ1970:785; TA1965:647-53.
Mnemonic: RIDGE DIVIDES FIELD IN HALF,
FROM EDGE TO EDGE
1867
般
HAN
all, carry, general
L2
10 strokes
IPPANgeneral(ly)
ZENPANthe whole
BANPANall, everything
OBI ; seal . Views diverge. One treats as
‘hit with whip/stick’ 112, with a second element
similar in shape to 1575 (‘well’, taken
as ‘frame to enclose soil’, thus ‘flatten earth
and make firm’ (Ogawa). In this view, senses
such as ‘move’ are seen as loan uses. Another
view (Katō) accepts variation in shape
in OBI and bronze forms, but still feels that
appropriate interpretation is 1450 ‘boat’,
combined with 170, a determinative usually
meaning ‘strike with weapon’. Originally,
depicts hand holding a weapon (possibly
halberd), but is taken here by Katō as pole
used to propel boat, giving overall meaning
‘move boat round, go round by boat’; ‘move,
transport, carry’ may be taken as extended
senses in this analysis. Another view has the
element later rendered as as meaning
1877 ‘bowl’, and together with in sense ‘hit
with stick’ is taken as ‘make a bowl’ (Gu; Shirakawa
also notes as possible interpretation).
KJ1970:783; GY2008:1087; MS1995:v2:1100-
01,v1:564-5,712-3; OT1968:838; SS1984:701-2.
Mnemonic: GENERALLY ALL HANDS CARRY
WEAPONS TO STRIKE BOAT
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