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snakes’ (Ogawa). In another analysis (Katō),
䜌 is treated as representing an outsider
clan name derived from the name of the
ancestral deity (fire deity) of the ancient
state of Chu (); again, is considered to
have been incorporated pejoratively. Both
analyses treat ‘outsiders, barbarians’ as an
extended use of . Mizukami lists proposed
bronze equivalents also. Note: 䜌 is comprised
of ‘fine thread’ (later written in
abbreviated form as 29 ‘thread’), with
118 (‘words; speak’). Confusingly, depending
on the associated sense, overall meaning is
taken as either ‘unravel tangled thread’, or
‘thread becomes tangled’. Both interpretations,
listed in Mizukami, reflect ambivalence
regarding the meaning of 䜌 already
at the time of compilation of Shuowen. MS19
95:v2:1156-7,1212-13,1012-13; OT1968:887;
KJ1970:897-8; ZY2009:v4:1253. We suggest
taking the upper part – which is actually
an NJK meaning ‘again’ – as ‘strange red’ (
48), i.e. ‘reddish’.
Mnemonic: ‘REDDISH INSECT’ REFERS TO A
BARBARIAN
1877
L1
盤
15
ENBANdisc, discus
KIBANbase
SUIBANbowl
BAN
tray, board, bowl,
plate
strokes
OBI ; bronze ; seal . The OBI form has ,
here representing not ‘mouth’ 22 but ‘vessel’,
combined with 1867 (‘carry’; ‘all’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘wash hands’, giving
‘receptacle for water used for handwashing’. At
the bronze stage, was changed to 300
‘bowl’, with as phonetic taken with associated
sense either as i] ‘wash hands’ (Katō), or ii]
‘flat and large’, giving ‘large flat bowl’ (Ogawa).
Also used for a larger receptacle for washing,
i.e. ‘tub’. The determinative was changed again
at seal stage, this time to 73 ‘wood, tree’,
presumably as a reflection of the material used,
as also 鎜 , which has the ‘metal’ determinative
16. At the block script stage, came
back into use, and this is the standard form
found in modern Japanese texts. KJ1970:783;
OT1968:693; GY2008:1280; MS1995:v1:684-5;
QX2000:179.
Mnemonic: CARRY A BOWL ON A TRAY
1878
妃
HI
queen, princess
L1
6 strokes
HIDENKAHer Majesty
ŌHIqueen, empress
KŌTAISHIHIcrown princess
Bronze ; seal . Analyses vary. Determinative
is 37 ‘woman’, but views
differ over second element, which is seen
variously including 27 ‘child’ (Gu), or
(‘serpent’ or ‘fetus’) as original way of writing
‘worship’ (Shirakawa), or – more typically
– 866 (‘I/me, self’, originally ‘end of
long thread’). The last is seen by Katō and
Ogawa as having the associated meaning
‘accompany’. Such divergence is noted by
Mizukami, who takes seal stage as in error
for . Later, the semantic range of ‘woman
accompanying husband’, was restricted
to mean ‘empress, queen (consort)’. Note:
Katō interprets the element combining
with originally (bronze stage) to be not
but the lower element occurring in
633 (‘order, rule’, q.v.), which depicts a bent
figure. GY2008:348; SS1984:708; KJ1970:798;
OT1968:252; MS1995:v1:312-3.
Mnemonic: WOMAN THINKS HERSELF A
PRINCESS
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