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387
波
HA, nami
wave
L3
8 strokes
SHŪHAfrequency
ONPAsound wave
naminorisurfing
388
配
HAI, kubaru
distribute
L3
10 strokes
SHINPAIworry
HAITATSUdelivery
kubaritecard dealer
OBI ; seal . Has 318 ‘wine jar, wine’, and
right-hand element showing a kneeling person.
Ma interprets original meaning as ‘person
wanting wine badly’, while Mizukami takes
right-hand element as having associated sense
‘serve, accompany’, and regards ‘distribute’ as a
389
L3
倍
BAI
double, -fold
10 strokes
GOBAIfive-fold
BAIKAdoubling
BAISŪmultiple
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 41 ‘person’,
and 咅 (a CO meaning ‘spit’) as phonetic
390
箱
hako
box
L3
15 strokes
kobakolittle box
hakobuneark
hakoiriboxed
Seal ; a relatively late graph (Shuowen).
Has 58 ‘bamboo’, and 348 (‘mutual’) as
a phonetic with associated sense ‘face each
sometimes been taken as 囟 ‘fontanelle/skull’
(see 147 ‘think’), but this is a miscopying
or misinterpretation of in the bronze forms
(Katō). MS1995:v2:1280-81; KJ1970:738-9;
MR2007:263; YK1976:406-7; AS2007:49. We suggest
using 279 ‘bend’ (though incorrect),
as a slope, and the lower part as a scythe.
Mnemonic: FARMING INVOLVES BENDING
AND CUTTING ON SLOPES
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 42
‘water’, and 396 (‘skin, hide’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘move up and down,
heave’. In Tōdō’s word-family ‘be covered with;
skewed, slanting’. YK1976:407; OT1968:567;
TA1965:658-60.
Mnemonic: WAVES FORM ‘SKIN’ OF WATER
loan usage. Other commentators, though, are
typically more cautious on how to interpret
this graph, as there are no examples of usage
in the Chinese classics to help analysis. At the
bronze stage, in some occurrences the shape
of the ‘person kneeling’ element changed; this
change is reflected in the seal form, which was
then rendered as 866 (‘self’) in block script.
MR2007:522; MS1995:v2:1346-7; KJ1970:798-9;
YK1976:410.
Mnemonic: DISTRIBUTE WINE TO
ONESELF – WHILE KNEELING
with associated sense ‘oppose, rebel’. Original
meaning of the graph is ‘oppose, rebel’, but
Tōdō gives a classical reference to support the
sense ‘multiply’, as does Schuessler. KJ1970:758-
9; YK1976:411-2; OT1968:71; TA1965:158;
AS2007:159. We suggest taking 咅 as 77 ‘
stand’ and 22 ‘open mouth’.
Mnemonic: PERSON STANDS OPEN-
MOUTHED AT DOUBLE
other’, which is taken as referring to the long
rails on either side of an oxcart. The graph
was originally used to denote the part of an oxcart
used for carrying goods (Katō, Shirakawa),
and since this was box-like in shape, by extension
the meaning ‘box’ evolved. MS1995:990-91;
KJ1970:551; SS1984:548.
Mnemonic: BAMBOO SIDES MUTUALLY OP-
POSED IN BOX
140 The 200 Third Grade Characters