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loan usage (Ogawa). Another analysis takes
as an abbreviation for ‘birdlime’, giving
overall meaning for as ‘bird caught on
birdlime’; and by extension, ‘remove from
birdlime’, a meaning which was then generalized
to ‘remove’ (with obvious connotations
of separation and leaving) (Shirakawa).
The above explanation relates to the seal
form. Mizukami proposes OBI equivalents
also, though his analysis relates to the seal
form, and he regards ‘become separated’
as a loan use. OT1968:1081; SS1984:873;
MS1995:v2:1414-15; AS2007:348. As with
2077, we suggest taking the elements of this
awkward character as as a lid, as a box
with contents, and ‘strange insect’ ( 60).
Mnemonic: SEPARATE BIRD FROM LIDDED
BOX FULL OF STRANGE INSECTS
Or: BIRD HAS TO LEAVE BOX FULL OF
STRANGE INSECTS DUE TO LID
2079
L1
慄
RITSU, ononuku
fear, tremble, shudder,
horror
13 strokes
RITSUZENhorror, shudder
SENRITSU shudder, tremble
osoreononuku tremble in fear
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Consists of /
164 ‘heart, mind, feelings’, with (NJK,
‘chestnut tree’; see Note below) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘extremely painful’
(Ogawa), giving ‘recoil/flinch with fear’. Note:
analyses of include the treatment of it –
based on the OBI forms – as originally a pictograph
of a tree with fruit or nuts enclosed
in a burr, i.e. prickly case, and hence ‘chestnut’
(Gu, Shirakawa). Mizukami lists this
together with several other interpretations.
OT1968:384; MS1995:v1:668-9; GY2008:1014;
SS1984:875-6. We suggest taking the righthand
side as 169 ‘west’ and 73 ‘tree’,
with ‘feelings’ 164.
Mnemonic: EVEN TREES TREMBLE, FEELING
FEAR AT HORROR IN THE WEST
Or: WESTERN TREES INVOKE FEELINGS OF
FEAR, CAUSING TREMBLING
2080
L1
柳
RYŪ, yanagi
willow, willowy
9 strokes
itoyanagiweeping willow
KARYŪKAI demimonde
SENRYŪ comic verse
OBI ; seal . Has 73 ‘tree’, with 813
(meanings include ‘trappings on horse bit’;
see Note below) as phonetic with associated
sense taken as i] ‘separate into long
lines/threads’, giving ‘weeping willow’ (Tōdō,
Ogawa ), or ii] ‘flow/hang, giving ‘tree type
with hanging branches’ (Katō), or iii] ‘grow
luxuriantly’, giving ‘tree with luxuriant
branches and leaves’ (noted in Mizukami).
Note: ‘trappings on horse bit’ is one view,
based on OBI form of as originally being a
pictograph. Another view takes it as cutting
something like meat in two with a knife, or
forcing open two leaves of a gate (all three
views given in Mizukami). TA1965:202-04;
OT1968:501; MS1995:v1:664-5. Take as a
symbol of ‘back-to-back’.
Mnemonic: WILLOW TREES BACK-TO-BACK?
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