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729
授
JU, sazukeru
the ‘hand’ determinative () 34 was added
teach, confer
to the near-homophone meaning ‘give’ so as
L3
11 strokes
to aid clarity. With regard to the case of ,
the phonetic element is more appropriately
JUGYŌtuition
taken as ‘hand over’ (Katō) rather than
JUYOconfer
‘receive’ (Yamada). The meaning ‘teaching’
KYŌJUtuition, professor
is an extended sense, with regard to conferring
knowledge. KJ1970:507-8; AS2007:470;
QX2000:189; YK1976:247. As a mnemonic, we
suggest making use of three hands.
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). In early Chinese a
word meaning ‘give’ was written with the graph
319 ‘receive’ (see OBI form for 319); in that
early period the two words concerned, ‘give’
and ‘receive’, which were near-homophones,
were distinguished in written texts on the basis
of context. At the seal script stage, however,
Mnemonic: ‘THIRD-HAND’ BATON IS USED
FOR TEACHING
Or: TEACHER’S EXTRA HAND CONFERS BATON
730
L3
修
SHŪ, SHU, osameru
practice, master
10 strokes
SHŪRIrepair
SHŪSEIamendment
SHŪGYŌstudy
Bronze ; seal . Has 115 (determinative
no. 59, taken variously as ‘color, luster’, ‘brush
pattern’, or ‘writing brush hairs’), and (CO,
originally ‘remove dirt’ [Mizukami]) as phonetic
731
L3
述
JUTSU, noberu
relate, state
8 strokes
ZENJUTSU nothe said
JUTSUGOpredicate
JOJUTSUdescription
Bronze ; seal . Has 85 ‘walk, go’, and
(CO, originally hand with sticky grains) taken
732
L3
術
JUTSU, sube
technique, means
11 strokes
GIJUTSUtechnique
GEIJUTSUart, the arts
SHUJUTSUsurgery
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 131 ‘go’
and (originally hand with sticky grains: see
also 731) as phonetic with associated sense
‘follow’ (Ogawa, Tōdō) or ‘bend, winding’ (Katō,
Yamada), to give basic meaning ‘path’, or ‘wind-
with associated sense ‘sweep away’, to give
‘brush off dirt and make attractive’. The basic
meaning of putting something in good order
led to extended senses such as ‘complete, master,
repair’. MS1995:v1:72-3,568-9; KJ1970:512;
YK1976:251-2; OT1968:344. Take elements as
41 ‘person’, ‘stick’, 112 ‘beat’, and three
strokes .
Mnemonic: PERSON PRACTICES BEATING
WITH THREE STROKES OF STICK
as semantic and phonetic, meaning ‘adhere
to path’. Katō and Ogawa see link to ‘relate,
mention’ through relating/following what
others have said/written. MS1995:v2:1284-6;
YK1976:260; KJ1970:526-7; OT1968:995. Suggest
taking as ‘odd tree’ 73.
Mnemonic: RELATE HOW ONE WENT TO AN
ODD TREE
ing’ (Katō, Yamada). Senses such as ‘means,
method’ are seen as extended usage from
following a path. This graph and 731 ‘relate’
are treated by Schuessler as representing the
same basic word in early Chinese, and Tōdō
also includes in the same word-family (‘follow a
route’). OT1968:898; TA1965:682-6; KJ1970:527;
YK1976:261; AS2007:473. As with 731, we suggest
taking as ‘odd tree’.
Mnemonic: GO AROUND ODD TREE BY
MEANS OF SPECIAL TECHNIQUE
234 The 185 Fifth Grade Characters