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611
L3
包
HŌ, tsutsumu
wrap, envelop
5 strokes
kozutsumiparcel
HŌIencircle
HŌTAIbandaging
OBI ; seal . (originally ‘person bent
forward enclosing something’), with , which
in traditional form for this graph is ‘serpent’
(see 458), but originally here depicted
an infant still in the womb, giving overall
meaning ‘be pregnant’, and by extension
‘enclose’. YK1976:452; MS1995:v1:144-6,148-9;
KJ1970:761-2.
Mnemonic: SERPENT-LIKE EMBRYO
ENVELOPED IN WOMB
612
L3
法
HŌ, HATSU
law
8 strokes
HŌGAKUjurisprudence
BUNPŌgrammar
FUHŌillegal
Bronze ; seal ; traditional 灋 . Has 42
‘water’, and [hereafter ‘r.h’] as phonetic with
associated sense ‘surround, enclose’, to give ‘enclose
water so it cannot flow away’; Katō argues
it is inappropriate to analyze r.h by dividing
into (orig. a mythical animal with body of an
ox and head of a deer [Shirakawa takes it as a
sacred sheep]) over as phonetic, and early
Chinese sound values suggest he is correct.
Mizukami lists alternative analysis (Tōdō) which
has whole graph as enclosing the surroundings
of the above creature with water to prevent its
escape. Core meaning of the graph seems to
be imposing a framework, leading to abstract
senses such as ‘method, rule, law’. YK1976:454;
MS1995:v2:792-4; KJ1970:765-8; TA1965:869.
Suggest take as ‘leave’ 276.
Mnemonic: THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE
LEAVE WATER
613
L3
望
11
BŌ, MŌ, nozomu,
nozomashii
wish, hope, gaze
strokes
SHITSUBŌdespair
GANMŌwish
nozomiteaspirant
OBI ; bronze ; seal ; traditional 望 . One of
the more complex graphs in terms of its evolution.
OBI form typically consists of