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Japan was in a Nara temple around 620, and
for a century or so it was used only by the
privileged classes. However, from around
the 9th century it became widely available
through the advent of vat dyeing. It is
especially favored for its resistance to fading
and water. In modern times indigo dye has
been produced synthetically. OT1968:876;
SS1984:866; GY2008:1547.
Mnemonic: PRODUCTION OF INDIGO
PLANTS AND DYES NEEDS SUPERVISON
2073
L1
欄
RANKANrailing
KŪRAN blank space
RANGAI page margin
RAN
railing, column, space,
margin
20 strokes
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional .
Has 73 ‘tree, wood’, with (NJK, ‘partition’),
taken in one view semantically to
give ‘wood for partition’, and by extension
‘railing’; by further extension, ‘boundary’
(Ogawa). Another view takes slightly
differently as phonetic with associated
sense ‘enclose on four sides’, with overall
meaning ‘pen (for animals)’ (supported by
Shirakawa as a minor meaning), and more
broadly as ‘frame which surrounds’ (Katō).
Regarding ‘margin, column’ in a written text,
Shirakawa notes the term ushiran
referred to main text on a page enclosed in
the traditional way with four lines in a box
shape, and the space outside the box, i.e.
the margin space, was termed rangai.
OT1968:529; KJ1970:898; SS1984:867. Take
modern form as ‘east’ 201 and ‘gate/door’
231.
Mnemonic: WOODEN COLUMN-LIKE
RAILINGS LEAVE SPACE AT EASTERN GATE
2074
L1
吏
RI
official
6 strokes
RIIN(an) official
NŌRI able official
RISHŪ ‘red tape’
OBI ; seal . At OBI and bronze stages,
and 309 (‘matter, thing’) were one and
the same graph, showing a hand (, 2003)
holding a banner displaying the type of
work a person was undertaking, conveying
that meaning; in this connection, see also
309. Minor differentiation in shape between
the two is seen at the seal stage, reflecting
divergence in meaning, with being
used for ‘(an) official’. MS1995:v1:214-6;
QX2000:324-5; OT1968:169; KJ1970:450;
AS2007:350. Suggest take upper part as ‘ten’
35 boxes 22.
Mnemonic: OFFICIAL’S HAND HOLDS TEN
BOXES
2075
痢
RI
diarrhea
L1
12 strokes
GERI diarrhea
SEKIRI dysentery
EKIRI infant diarrhea
A very late graph (medieval period onwards).
Has 404 ‘sick(/bed)’, with 626 (‘profit’) as
phonetic with associated sense ‘quick, rapid’
(Katō), giving ‘illness with rapid onset symptoms’
– more specifically, ‘diarrhea’. OT1968:680;
KJ1970:489.
Mnemonic: DIARRHEA CAN BE A PROFITABLE
SICKNESS!?
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