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1898
L1
描
BYŌ, egaku
depict, draw, write
11 strokes
BYŌSHAdepiction
TENBYŌsketch
egakidasudelineate
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Consists of 34
‘hand’, combined with 1897 (‘seedling’) as
phonetic with associated sense taken either
as i] ‘shape’, giving ‘draw/write shape (of
something)’, or ii] ‘copy’, giving ‘copy by hand’
(Katō). Note: In China, mechanical printing as
opposed to drawing or writing by hand can
be dated back with certainty to 868AD in the
case of printed text, but considerably earlier
in the case of drawings, albeit on a small
scale at first. OT1968:421; KJ1970:847.
Mnemonic: DRAW SEEDLINGS FREEHAND
1899
猫
BYŌ, MYŌ, neko
cat
L2
11 strokes
AIBYŌpet cat
nekozestoop
SHAMUnekoSiamese cat
A late graph (later version of Shuowen). Originally,
this graph was written 貓 The OBI form
of 1363 is considered to depict a carnivorous
wild beast about to pounce on its prey
(Mizukami, Ogawa). The compound graph
貓 consists of combined with 1897
(‘seedling’). Ogawa takes here as phonetic,
1900
浜
HIN, hama
beach, shore
L1
10 strokes
KAIHINseashore
hamabebeach, shore
KEIHINTōkyō-Yokohama
Bronze antecedent () ; seal (post-Shuowen)
; traditional . The bronze antecedent
consists of 1498 (‘make ripples crossing
river/stream’) meaning ‘water/river ripples’,
combined with103 ‘head’ to give ‘knit one’s
brow creating wrinkles like water ripples’
(Katō), or – in similar vein – ‘hesitate to cross
stream and knit the brow’ (Gu). Gu treats
‘approach water’s edge’ and ‘water’s edge’ as
extended senses, while Katō considers to be
loan usage. , a later, post-Shuowen graph,
is analyzed as 42 ‘water’, combined
with (traditional form of 1901 ‘guest,
serving as onomatopoeic for the miaowing
sound made by a cat; Late Han period
pronunciation of 貓 was mau (Schuessler). The
form with (variant of 19 in compound
graphs, meaning dog or other creature/
beast perceived as approximating to a dog
in some way) in place of appears to be
of late origin; this probably evolved as a
popular form, but eventually was adopted as
standard in the modern period. AS2007:375;
MS1995:v2:1226-7; OT1968:646,950.
Mnemonic: BEAST AMONG THE SEEDLINGS IS
A CAT, NOT A DOG
visitor’, q.v.) as phonetic. The associated sense
is taken either as i] ‘edge’, giving ‘vicinity of
water, water’s edge’ (Katō), or ii] ‘folds form’,
giving ‘water’s edge where sand ripples form’
(Ogawa), and hence ‘shore, beach’. Finally, the
standard modern Japanese form , which
tends to be regarded as a direct abbreviation
of , was in fact originally a separate graph,
noted in the 11 th century Jiyun dictionary as
meaning ‘ditch/gully to pull boat into’. was,
though, subsequently borrowed in popular
usage in China as an abbreviated way of writing
, and this convention was adopted in
Japan also. KJ1970:810-11; GY2008:1910,1133;
MS1995:v2:790-91; ZY2009:v2:649,652;
OT1968:579. We suggest taking the right hand
form as ‘soldier(s)’ 606.
Mnemonic: SOLDIERS COME BY WATER AND
MAKE BEACH LANDING
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