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and flattish’; overall meaning is ‘flattish receptacle
made of thin pottery’. Subsequently, the
meaning became more generalized to ’jug,
bottle’, and the determinative changed to
(5 strokes; originally, ‘earthenware object’;
see 1091). Already in the first Jōyō kanji List
promulgated in 1923, (with abbreviated
left-hand shape) was adopted as standard.
Note 1: OBI forms of 幷 (modern ; distinguish
from 977 ‘row, line’ and from 1575
‘well’) show that it originally depicted two
figures conceptually joined together by a
horizontal stroke (sometimes two) partway
up. Note 2: Kangxi zidian lists , with listed
separately as a variant and noted as a popular
equivalent. Note 3: The stroke number can
vary depending on how it is written, but the
modern standard graph is 11 strokes).
GY2008:1121; MS1995:v2:1028-9,v1:446-7;
KZ2001:2082/3671,1635/3671,1633/3671;
AS2007:415. Difficult mnemonically, but we
suggest taking the right hand side as ‘tile’,
which is its modern Japanese meaning, and
the left hand side as a stylized (or odd)
‘well’.
Mnemonic: TILES, BOTTLES, JUGS AND JARS
TAKEN OUT OF STYLISH WELL
Or: FIND JUGS AND JARS AND BOTTLES
WHILE TILING AN ODD WELL
1905
扶
FU
help, support
L1
7 strokes
FUJOaid
FUYŌsupport
FUIKU raising children
Bronze ; seal . Consists of 34
‘hand’, combined with 601 (‘man, husband’)
as phonetic with associated sense
‘lend a hand’, giving ‘lend a hand and help,
help’. KJ1970:813-4; MS1995:v1:550-51;
OT1968:405.
Mnemonic: HANDY HUSBAND IS A HELP
Or: MAN GIVES HELPING HAND
Or: HELP SUPPORT A HANDYMAN
1906
怖
FU, kowai
fear, afraid
L2
8 strokes
KYŌFUSHŌphobia
KYŌFUfear
IFU dread, awe
Seal ( 悑 ) . Shuowen has 悑 as entry heading,
with noted as alternative. Has 164
‘heart’, with (NJK; see Note below)/799
(‘cloth’) as phonetic with associated sense
taken as i] ‘hit,’ giving ‘chest palpitates’/‘be
afraid’ (Ogawa), or ii] ‘be afraid’ (Katō). Several
clerical script occurrences are close in
shape to . Note: Views on diverge.
Usually taken based on early (OBI/bronze)
forms as ‘plant shoot’ with 63 ‘field’ >
‘seedling bed, vegetable field, plant seedlings’
(Ogawa, Tōdō, Gu; Shirakawa broadly
agrees). Mizukami notes different view, taking
as 216 (orig hand holding ax; loan use
for ‘father’) over 235 ‘use’ (loan meaning),
but early forms suggest consensus view is
better. Either way, ‘beginning, first’ is seen
as an extended sense, indicating beginning
stage of horticulture or construction work.
DJ2009:v3:867; TA1965:435; SS1984:777;
KJ1970:814; GY2008:392; OT1968:366,667;
MS1995:v2:870-71.
Mnemonic: FEAR WRAPS HEART LIKE CLOTH
The Remaining 1130 Characters 569