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L5
車
SHA, kuruma
vehicle
7 strokes
DENSHA train
SENSHAJŌ carwash
teguruma handcart
Based on a pictograph of a two-wheeled
chariot. OBI . SS1984:391; KJ1970:490.
Mnemonic: CHARIOT WITH TWO WHEELS
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L5
手
SHU, te
hand
4 strokes
SHUDAN means
tebukuro gloves
JŌZU* skill
Bronze form shows five-fingered hand . In
compound graphs, usually. SS1984:399;
QX2000:178.
Mnemonic: HAND WITH FIVE FINGERS BUT
THE MIDDLE ONE BENT
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L5
十
JŪ, tō
ten
2 strokes
JŪGATSU October
tōka tenth day
JŪJI a cross
Etymology disputed. Katō sees early (bronze)
forms of one vertical stroke, often with a small
swelling halfway down, as showing a needle,
later borrowed phonetically for ‘ten’: Mizukami
is in agreement. The protrusion became a horizontal
stroke. Shirakawa, by contrast, interprets
as a wooden counting stick. It has also been
interpreted as a knotted rope. KJ1970:50;
SS1984:50; TS2010:4; MS1995:v1:164-5.
Mnemonic: A PROPER CROSS GETS TEN OUT
OF TEN
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出
SHUTSU, deru, dasu
emerge, put out
L5
5 strokes
SHUPPATSU departure
omoide a memory
hikidashi drawer
Based on early forms such as , Qiu sees the
graph as a foot stepping out of a pit dwelling,
noting the ancients lived in pits. Katō takes a
broadly similar view, interpreting such forms as
depicting a foot wearing a sandal setting out.
See also 143 ‘stop’. QX2000:192; KJ1970:301-2.
Suggest using 26 ‘mountain’ as a mnemonic.
Mnemonic: MOUNTAIN EMERGES ON TOP OF
ANOTHER
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女
JO, NYO, NYŌ,
OBI forms show a kneeling woman , later
onna, me
L5
stylized. MR2007:463; SS1984:432; QX2000:178;
woman
KJ1970:253.
3 strokes
Mnemonic: KNEELING WOMAN
JOSEI woman
NYŌBŌ wife
onna-no-ko girl
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