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2124
L1
郎
RŌ
man, husband
9 strokes
SHINRŌbridegroom
YARŌguy, fellow
JORŌyabrothel
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional
form has as left-hand element. Graph
has 376 ‘village’ as right-hand element,
with 628 (‘good’) as phonetic (associated
sense unclear). Originally used to denote a
village in the ancient Chinese state of Lu.
The meaning ‘male’ derives from use of underlying
word by women in ancient China to
refer to husband, later becoming extended
in meaning. In Japanese, typically occurs as
a suffix in some male given names (e.g.
Tarō). KJ1970:539-40; TA1965:361. Take as
‘variant ‘good’ .
Mnemonic: HUSBAND IS MAN FROM GOOD
VILLAGE
2125
浪
RŌ, nami
wave, drift, waste
L1
10 strokes
RŌNINmasterless samurai
HARŌwaves, surge
RŌHIwaste
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 42
‘water’, with 628 (‘good’) as phonetic
with associated sense taken as ‘clear’ (Katō
says ‘pale, bluish white’), giving ‘clear/bluish
white water’. Originally denoted a river
name in ancient China (lower reaches of
the Han River [a tributary of the Yangtze]).
Katō treats its modern meanings as loan
usage, but ‘wave’ and ‘drift’ may be felt to be
extended senses. OT1968:583; KJ1970:894;
TA1965:360-62.
Mnemonic: DRIFT ON WAVES ON STRETCH
OF GOOD WATER
2126
廊
RŌ
corridor, walkway
L1
12 strokes
RŌKAcorridor
GARŌpicture gallery
HORŌarcade, corridor
Seal ; late graph (later version of Shuowen).
Has 127 ‘building’, with 2124 (‘male’)
as phonetic with associated sense taken as i]
‘empty’, thus ‘empty area beneath lean-to roof’
(Katō), or ii] ‘surround, enclose’, giving ‘structure
lower down around building to conduct formal
matters’. Gu takes to mean walls on both sides
of a hall or similar building. Relative to the
above, ‘corridor’ is extended sense. KJ1970:894;
OT1968:331; GY2008:1297.
Mnemonic: HUSBAND (NAMED TARŌ) IS IN A
CORRIDOR IN THAT BUILDING
2127
楼
RŌ
tower
L1
13 strokes
BŌRŌwatchtower
KŌRŌtall building
SHŌRŌbell tower, belfry
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional .
Has 73 ‘wood,’, with (meanings include
‘shamaness’; see Note below) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘accumulate’, giving
‘wooden building with multiple storeys’
(Katō takes more modestly as ‘two-storey
wooden structure’). Note: NJK is taken
in one view as 37 ‘woman’, with as
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