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375
転
TEN, korogeru/garu
rotate, tumble, roll
L4
11 strokes
TENSŌ forwarding
UNTEN driving
JITENSHA bicycle
Bronze ; seal ; traditional . Has 33
‘cart/vehicle’, and 925 (‘sole’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘move/change’, thus
‘move things elsewhere’. ‘Go round/revolve’ is
an extended usage. is based on cursive form.
MS1995:v2:1272-3; KJ1970:630; YK1976:380. We
suggest taking the right-hand part as ‘two’
65 noses .
Mnemonic: VEHICLE ROLLS OVER TWO
NOSES – OUCH!
376
都
TO, TSU, miyako
person’ is discernible (in , corrupted in shape
capital, big city
to ). Original graph meaning ‘enclosed area
L4
11 strokes
where many people are gathered’ became
extended to ‘capital’ (city where the Emperor
TOSHI city
resides). MS1995:v2:1332-3; KJ1970:497;
SHUTO capital
YK1976:382. Note: In Japanese and Chinese
TSUGŌ circumstances
script, is used in compound graphs for two
separate determinatives: one as described immediately
above, while the other (full form:
1907) occurs as a left-hand component, as in
for example 249, meaning ‘piled-up earth,
terraced land, mound’.
Bronze ; seal . Widely taken as (as
a right-hand component 376) ‘village/town’,
with 314 (‘person’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘gather, accumulate’ (Mizukami,
Katō, Yamada). In the right-hand side of the
bronze and seal forms, (corresponding to
or right-hand ), an element for ‘kneeling
Mnemonic: CAPITAL IS A VILLAGE ON THE
RIGHT WITH MANY PERSONS
377
度
DO, TAKU, tabi
degree, times
L4
9 strokes
TEIDOdegree
ONDOtemperature
ICHIDOonce
Seal (bronze similar). Taken as 2003 ‘hand’,
with abbreviated form of 1480 (‘many’)
(Katō, Yamada, Tōdō) – or variant of 47
(‘stone’) – (Ogawa) as a phonetic, both with
same associated sense ‘spread out fingers of
the hand’, to give ‘measure with the hand’. The
hand, with spread-out thumb and middle finger,
was moved from one point to the next as a
rough way of measuring a short distance. Later
took on a generalized meaning ‘measure’ and
not just linear, hence ‘degree’, etc. KJ1970:612;
YK1976:383-4; TA1965:332-5; OT1968:156. We
suggest taking 127 as ‘building’ and central
part as two ‘tens’ 35 with ‘one’ 1.
Mnemonic: HAND MEASURES TWENTY-ONE
DEGREES IN BUILDING
378
投
TŌ, nageru
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has34 ‘hand’,
throw, cast
and 170 (originally hand holding stick) as
L3
7 strokes
phonetic with associated sense ‘throw (stick)’
(Ogawa); Shirakawa also sees as stick/
TŌSHUbaseball pitcher
baton, as weapon. KJ1970:735; YK1976:386;
TŌHYŌvote
OT1968:404; SS1984:642.
nagedasuthrow out
Mnemonic: TWO DIFFERENT HANDS NEEDED
TO THROW WEAPON
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