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315
L4
主
SHU, nushi, omo
master, owner, main
5 strokes
SHUJIN master, husband
JInushi landowner
omo ni mainly
OBI ; bronze . The OBI form depicts a lamp
with a wick burning, whereas the bronze form
316
守
SHU, SU, (ma)moru
protect, keep
L3
6 strokes
HOSHU conservatism
RUSUBAN caretaker
komori nursemaid
Bronze ; seal . Has 30 ‘roof, dwelling’,
and 920 (now meaning ‘measure’ but
317
取
SHU, toru
take
L3
8 strokes
SHUTOKU acquisition
toridasu take out
torihiki transactions
OBI ; bronze . Has 31 ‘ear’, and
2003 as semantic meaning ‘hand’. The graph
stands for ‘take, catch’, and typically this seems
to be regarded as based on the technique of
capturing a wild animal by holding its ears to
has just the wick. The graph originally meant
‘lamp’. In ancient times the head of the house
was in charge of the lamp, thus by extension
other meanings were acquired such as
‘master, main’. MS1995:v1:16-17; KJ1970:506;
YK1976:243-4. We suggest using 5 ‘king’, not
forgetting the extra stroke on top.
Mnemonic: A KING WITH A LITTLE BIT EXTRA
IS A REAL MASTER
originally ‘hand’) or in some cases 2003,
also meaning ‘hand’ and by extension ‘control’
or ‘work’, and regarded by Katō and Yamada
as phonetic also. Original meaning ‘work/take
control in the house’, and by extension ‘control’
in general, ‘protect’, etc. MS1995:v1:360-62;
KJ1970:503; YK1976:244.
Mnemonic: HANDY MEASURES TO PROTECT
ROOF
avoid being bitten. There is an alternative view,
though, i.e. that it was a human ear: Qiu notes
that in ancient times ‘when game was taken
in hunting or an enemy was killed in battle,
the left ear was generally taken as a proof of
prowess’. Note there is a CO 刵 comprising ‘ear’
and 198 ‘cut’. Regarding animal ears see
also 108 ‘cow’ and its example compounds.
MS1995:v1:198-9; QX2000:187; KJ1970:501;
YK1976:244.
Mnemonic: HAND TAKES CONTROL OF EAR
318
酒
SHU, sake, sakaalcohol,
sake
L3
10 strokes
INSHU drinking
sakaba tavern
sakenomi heavy drinker
OBI ; bronze In the OBI form, one element
is 42 ‘water’/‘liquid’ (often omitted
in bronze), the other is , an NJK originally a
pictograph of a lidded jar for fermenting or just
storing wine (now means ‘Cock’ [tenth in the
traditional Twelve Branches, used for counting
years, etc.]). MS1995:v2:1344-46; KJ1970:503;
YK1976:245. Distinguish from 169 meaning
‘west’.
Mnemonic: DROPLETS OF ALCOHOL FROM A
SAKE JAR
122 The 200 Third Grade Characters