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1938
L1
蔽
HEI, ōu
cover, conceal
15 strokes
INPEIconcealment
ENPEIobscuration
SHAHEIcover, shelter
Seal . Consists of 53 ‘plants, vegetation,
grass’, combined with ‘damaged clothing’;
‘be damaged/destroyed’, see 1936) as pho-
netic with associated sense ‘cover’, giving
‘vegetation covers’. ‘Cover’ is the generalized
sense; meanings such as ‘conceal, deceive’ are
extended senses. OT1968:872; TA1965:658-61;
AS2007:164. Take the elements as ‘grass’ ,
‘force, coerce’ / (see 112); and 㡀 as ‘torn
bits of cloth’.
Mnemonic: FORCED TO TEAR CLOTH TO
GRASS-LIKE BITS FOR CONCEALMENT
1939
餅
HEI, mochi
rice cake
L1
15 strokes ()
SENBEIrice cracker
mochihadasmooth white skin
yakimochitoasted rice cake; jealousy
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional
form has 幷 1904 q.v. as the right-hand element
here. Consists of 163 ‘food, eat’– here
with the meaning ‘glutinous rice’ – in its lefthand
variant form , combined with 幷 /
(‘put together’; see 1904 Note 1) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘flat, flattish’, giving ‘flattish
rice cake’. The handwritten form with
is 14 strokes. OT1968:1118; TA1965:513-9. We
suggest taking as stylised ‘well’ 1575.
Mnemonic: THERE’S FOOD IN THE FANCY
WELL – RICE CAKES
1940
壁
HEKI, kabe
wall
L2
16 strokes
HEKIGAmural
GANPEKIrock face
kabegamiwallpaper
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
‘earth, ground’ 64, with (NJK, ‘submit to
punishment; punishment’; see 1887 and ac-
companying Note) as phonetic with associated
sense taken either as i] ‘prevent, obstruct’,
thus giving ‘build up earth and keep wind
out’ (Ogawa; Shirakawa says ‘avoid’) or ii]
‘surround, enclose’ (Katō), either way giving
‘enclose/cut off with earth surround’; overall
meaning is ‘wall’, now in a general sense.
OT1968:226; SS1984:767; KJ1970:842-3.
Mnemonic: BUILD EARTHEN WALL AS
PUNISHMENT
1941
L1
璧
18
HEKI, tama
jade, splendid,
precious stone
strokes
KANPEKIperfect, flawless
(no other current compounds)
Bronze ; seal . Has 15 ‘jade, precious
stone’, with (‘punishment’; see 1887 Note)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘flat’, giving
‘flat jade disc’ (originally with centre hole).
‘Splendid’ is extended sense. OT1968:661-2;
SS1984:767; TA1965:513-7; GY2008:1981.
Mnemonic: PUNISHED FOR HAVING
JADE? – A SPLENDID PRECIOUS STONE
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