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776
L1
提
TEI, CHŌ, sageru
hold, carry, offer
12 strokes
TEISHUTSUpresentation
ZENTEIpremise
CHŌCHIN*lantern
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 34
‘hand’, and 1574 (originally, pictograph of
spoon on a hook; now ‘proper, this’) as pho-
777
程
TEI, hodo
extent, about, order
L3
12 strokes
TEIDOdegree
KATEIprocess
hodochikainear
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Traditional:
has at lower right, not ‘king’. The graph
has 87 ‘grain’, with (modern form 1741
‘express clearly’; itself comprising 22 ‘mouth,
speak’, with [CO ‘stand up straight’, ‘excel’] as
778
L3
適
TEKI
suitable, fit, go
14 strokes
TEKITŌsuitable
TEKISEIaptitude
SAITEKIoptimal
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 85 ‘go,
walk’, and (NJK ‘only’), then later variant 啇
(CO, ‘origin’) as phonetic with associated sense
779
敵
TEKI, kataki
match, enemy
L1
15 strokes
TEKIIhostility
MUTEKImatchless
katakiuchivendetta
netic with associated sense ‘hold in the hand
(something hanging down)’, to give ‘hold, carry’.
In Tōdō’s word-family ‘straight’, meaning ‘hold
straight up’ (the object is vertical, so does not
conflict significantly with the other interpretation
noted above). ‘Offer’ is an extended
sense. YK1976:374-5; KJ1970:712; OT1968:423;
TA1965:460-63.
Mnemonic: HOLD PROPERLY IN HAND WHEN
OFFERING TO CARRY
phonetic with associated sense ‘show’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘put in order’ (Yamada,
Katō) or ‘extend straight’ (Ogawa), to give
‘order, rule, standard’. Katō notes a connection
with a unit of measure (‘put grain harvest in order
by units of volume’). ‘About, approximately’
may be a further extension of meaning on the
basis of being close to a standard. YK1976:375;
KJ1970:709-10; OT1968:734; MS1995:v1:262-3;
KZ2001:1877/3671. Take as ‘king’ 5.
Mnemonic: TO AN EXTENT, GRAIN ENDS UP
IN KING’S MOUTH
taken as i] ‘emerge’ (Yamada, Katō, Mizukami),
giving ‘emerge’, or ii] ‘straight’, giving ‘move
straight ahead’ (Ogawa, Mizukami). Mizukami
lists an OBI for (lacks determinative ). ‘Suitable,
fit’ are loan usages. MS1995:v2:1306-7;
YK1976:376; KJ1970:720; OT1968:1012,186. We
suggest taking 啇 as blending of ‘funny’ variant
of tall tower 132 ‘tall’, and 121 ‘old’.
Mnemonic: SUITABLY FIT TO GO TO FUNNY
OLD TOWER
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 112
‘strike’, and (NJK ‘only’), then later variant
啇 (CO, ‘origin’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘hit/confront equally’, thus ‘those who
strike each other’. KJ1970:721; YK1976:376;
OT1968:443; MS1995:v1:584-5; ZY2009:v1:136.
As in 778, we suggest taking 啇 as blending of
‘funny’ variant of tall tower 132 ‘tall’, and 121
‘old’.
Mnemonic: STRIKE ENEMY IN FUNNY OLD
TOWER
246 The 185 Fifth Grade Characters