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L4
院
IN
institute
10 strokes
BYŌINhospital
JIINtemple
GIINthe House
A late graph (Shuowen) . Has 1907 ‘piledup
earth, mound, hill’ (see also 376), and
464 (‘complete’) as phonetic with associated
250
飲
IN, nomu
drink, swallow
L5
12 strokes
IN’YŌSUIdrinking water
nomimonodrinks
nomiyatavern
sense of ‘earthen wall or fence around dwelling’;
later used to denote the dwelling or building
itself, typically an imposing one such as palace
or temple. ‘Institute’ is a further extended
usage. Tōdō includes in word-family meaning
‘round; surround’. YK1976:61; OT1968:1066;
TA1965:611-19.
Mnemonic: INSTITUTE IS COMPLETE WITH
EARTHEN WALL
OBI . Seal script has equivalent of 酓 on
left, conveying ‘bitter wine taste’, or ‘drink’ (‘wine
barrel’ with as phonetic), and 496 ‘gaping
mouth’/ ‘lack’ on the right. Later, ‘meal’ 163
was substituted as left-hand element. Earlier
OBI form simply depicts person bending over
wine barrel or similar to drink. YK1976:61;
OT1968:533, 1026.
Mnemonic: LACK FOOD, SO SWALLOW DRINK
251
L4
運
12
UN, hakobu
transport, luck
progress
strokes
UNDŌmovement
FUUNbad luck
hakobistate of affairs
Late graph (Shuowen) . Has determinative
85 ‘walk, go’, and 490 (‘wheels’/ ‘army’)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘round’.
KJ1970:74; YK1976:63.
Mnemonic: ARMY NEEDS WHEELED
TRANSPORT AND LUCK TO PROGRESS
252
泳
EI, oyogu
swim
L3
8 strokes
SUIEIswimming
HAIEIbackstroke
hiraoyogibreaststroke
A late graph (Shuowen) . Has 42 ‘water’,
and 644 (‘long’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘flutter; float’. KJ1970:79; YK1976:64-5.
Mnemonic: LONG SWIM IN THE WATER
253
駅
EKI
Traditional . Late graph (Shuowen) . Has
station
210 ‘horse’, and (CO ‘spy’) as phonetic with
L5
14 strokes
associated sense ‘change’, simplified to 895.
KJ1970:94; YK1976:68-9.
EKICHŌstationmaster
Mnemonic: MAN WITH BACKPACK MOUNTS
EKIBENstation lunch-box
TŌKYŌEKITokyo Stn
HORSE AT RELAY STATION
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