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1929
L1
噴
FUN, fuku
emit, spout, gush
15 strokes
FUNKAvolcanic eruption
FUNSUIfountain
fukidasuspurt out
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 22
‘mouth/opening’, with (‘beautiful large
shell’; see Note below) as phonetic with associated
sense taken in one view as ‘exhale
suddenly’, giving ‘blow out vigorously’ (Ogawa).
In similar vein, Shirakawa takes associated
sense to be ‘emerge on the outside’, and notes
there tends to be some force involved. Katō
takes as onomatopoeic, with overall meaning
‘make a noise with the mouth/ through
the nose’, and regards ‘gush out, exude’ as loan
usage. Note: is comprised of 10 ‘shell’
combined with as abbreviation of 1991
(‘run, bustle’) as phonetic with associated sense
‘gush out, swell up’, giving ‘beautiful large shell’
(Mizukami). Schuessler gives the meaning
‘ardent’ for , and this may be an extended
sense. OT1968:196; SS1984:757; KJ1970:833;
MS1995:v2:1240-41,v1:304-5; AS2007:160. Take
upper right as 3 x ‘ten’ 35 = 30.
Mnemonic: THIRTY SHELLS EMITTED FROM
OPENING
1930
墳
FUN
(burial-) tomb
L1
15 strokes
KOFUNtumulus
FUNBOtomb
ENPUNburial mound
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 64 ‘earth’,
with (see 1929 Note) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘swell up’, giving ‘mound,
embankment’; usually used of burial mounds.
KJ1970:833-4; OT1968:226; TA1965:731. Take
as 3 x ‘ten’ 35 = 30 and ‘shell’ 10.
Mnemonic: THIRTY SHELLS FOUND IN
EARTHEN BURIAL MOUND
1931
憤
FUN, ikidōru
indignant, angry
L1
15 strokes
FUNGAIindignation
FUNDOrage
GIFUNrighteous indignation
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has ‘heart, feelings’
164, with (see 1929 Note) as phonetic
with associated sense taken as i] ‘gush,
exude’, thus ‘vent one’s anger’ (Ogawa), or ii]
‘full’, thus ‘one’s heart is full’ (Katō). Schuessler
supports latter, positing semantic range ‘swell’
to ‘full of annoyance’. OT1968:388; KJ1970:833;
AS2007:236. Take as 30 shells.
Mnemonic: THIRTY SHELLS CAUSE
INDIGNANT FEELINGS
1932
丙
HEI, hinoe
C, 3 rd
L1
5 strokes
HEISHUC class/grade
KŌOTSUHEIABC/123
hinoe3 rd calendar sign
OBI ; seal . Views differ, including ‘altar
for sacrifices to deities’ (Ogawa, Katō), ‘tail
fin of fish’ (Tōdō), and ‘rump, hindquarters’
(Matsumaru). As for ‘rump, hindquarters’, some
bronze forms include rounded strokes and
do lend themselves to such an interpretation.
‘Altar for sacrifices’, perhaps depicted in side
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