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suggesting orderly construction rather than
invasive piercing (in the latter case, one
would tend to expect a diagonal piercing
line). N.B. should be distinguished from
another graph very similar in shape, viz.
, originally standing for a word meaning
‘do not violate woman’, then borrowed for
‘there is none, do not…’. 1148 was more
distinct in shape in OBI and bronze, while
‘do not violate woman’ only became distinct
in shape from 222 ‘mother’ from seal
onwards. MS1995:v1:718-20; OT1968:882;
GY2008:611,127. For the modern form, we
suggest taking the lower part as 57 male/
man.
Mnemonic: MAN CAPTURES TIGER
Or: (perhaps more likely): TIGER CAPTURES
MAN
2087
L1
慮
RYO
thought, concern
15 strokes
ENRYOreserve
KŌRYOconsideration
RYOGAIunexpected
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Analyses
diverge. In one view, it consists of 164
‘heart, mind’, with