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THE 200 THIRD GRADE CHARACTERS
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悪
AKU, O, warui
A late graph (Shuowen) . Has 164 ‘heart,
bad, hate
mind, feelings’ and 1007 (q.v.) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘hunchback, ugly,
L4
11 strokes
twisted’, to give negative meanings such as
‘hate’ and ‘bad’. KJ1970:3-4; YK1976:49-50;
OT1968:371.
AKUImalice
OKANchill
warumonoa rogue
Mnemonic: BAD HEART AND TWISTED
FEELINGS LEAD TO HATE
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安
AN, yasui
relax, ease, cheap
L5
6 strokes
FUANunease
ANSHINrelief
yasumonocheap item
Some early forms show just ‘woman under roof’
; others show additional line , which – from
its position – is generally taken as a napkin
used for menstruation (especially from bronze
on). Modern form has just 30 ‘roof, dwelling’
and 37 ‘woman’. Katō and Mizukami take
as also having a phonetic role with associated
sense ‘cover over’. ‘Cheap’ is a meaning only
in Japanese. MS1995:v1:360-61; KJ1970:5-6;
YK1976:50-51.
Mnemonic: WOMAN AT EASE RELAXES IN
CHEAP HOUSE
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L4
暗
AN, kurai
dark, gloomy
13 strokes
MEIANlight and dark
ANSATSUassassination
makkurapitch dark
A late graph (Shuowen) . Has 66 ‘sun’/‘day’,
and 6 (‘sound’) used here as phonetic with
associated sense ‘shade’/‘dark’. KJ1970: 7;
YK1976:51; TA1965:815-24.
Mnemonic: THE SOUNDS OF A GLOOMY DAY
244
医
I, iyasu
heal, medical
L4
7 strokes
ISHAdoctor
GEKAIsurgeon
IGAKUmedical science
Early form . Traditional ; late graph (Shuowen),
consisting of ‘jar/ brewing pot for wine’ (see
318), with 殹 (CO ‘attack’) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘clear’ (not cloudy). In early
times wine was used sometimes for medicinal
purposes, hence extended meanings of ‘heal;
healer, physician’. Note that originally was
a separate and independent graph meaning
‘quiver’ (for arrows: see 145). has become
the official form for in Japan. YK1976:53-4;
KJ1970:20-22; OT1968:1029.
Mnemonic: ARROW IN MEDICAL DOCTOR’S
BAG IS USED TO HEAL
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