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1945
L1
遍
HEN, amaneku
widely, everywhere
12 strokes
HENZAIubiquity
FUHENSEIuniversality
IPPEN once
Seal () ; is a late, post-Shuowen
form. Shuowen has only , consisting of
131 ‘go, move, road’, combined with
(CO; ‘inscribed board over gate or door’:
see also 1944) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘spread’, giving ‘spread everywhere’.
appears to be a block script development,
as clerical script occurrences are all
. DJ2009:157; TA1965:654-7; OT1968:1009;
SS1984:772-3.
Mnemonic: MOVE WIDELY, LEAVING WRITING
TABLETS EVERYWHERE
1946
L1
哺
10
HO, kukumu
hold in mouth, feed,
suckle
strokes
HONYŪlactation, suckling
HONYŪRUImammals
HOIKU suckling, nursing
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
22 ‘mouth’, combined with (NJK; see
981 regarding original meaning of ) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘grab, seize’, giving
‘put food in mouth’. Meanings such as ‘include;
nourish’ are extended senses. OT1968:184;
SS1984:778. Suggest taking as ‘use’ 235,
‘ten’ 35, and a ‘drop’.
Mnemonic: USE MOUTH TEN TIMES TO
SUCKLE – AND SPILL A DROP
1947
L2
捕
10
HOKAKUseizure
HOGEIwhaling
toraware captivity
HO, toraeru/wareru
tsukamaru/maeru
seize, capture(/d)
strokes
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 34
‘hand’, with (NJK; see 981 for original
meaning of ) as phonetic with associated
sense taken as i] ‘seize, grab’ (Ogawa), ii] ‘cover
and take’ (Katō), or iii] ‘bind’ (Shirakawa);
in all cases, ‘seizure’ is explicit or implicit.
OT1968:416; KJ1970:856; SS1984:778. Take
as ‘use’ 235, ‘ten’ 35, plus ‘dot’.
Mnemonic: USE TEN HANDS TO CAPTURE A
DOT!?
1948
舗
HO
shop, spread, pave
L1
15 strokes
HOSŌpaving
TENPOshop, store
YAKUHO pharmacy
Bronze () ; seal () ; is a later,
post-Shuowen graph. has ‘metal’ 16,
with (see 981 for original meaning of
) as phonetic with associated sense taken
as i] ‘attach closely’/‘take hold of’ (Mizukami),
or ii] ‘spread out, set out’ (Ogawa,
Shirakawa, Gu; Schuessler also lends support).
Either way, overall sense is ‘attach/set
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