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961
L3
乳
NYŪ, chichi, chi
breasts, milk
8 strokes
GYŪNYŪ(cow’s) milk
NYŪSANlactic acid
NYŪBŌ/chibusabreasts
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Typically taken as
(compact shape of 1739, ‘claw, talon’ used
in compound graphs), here meaning ‘hand’, and
1316 ‘orifice, hole’ (originally ‘vaginal orifice’),
giving ‘baby emerges from vaginal orifice and
is received by hand’, i.e. ‘be born’. ‘Breast milk’ is
treated by some (Katō, Yamada) as a loan usage,
but can perhaps be regarded as an extended
sense, as also ‘breasts’. Ogawa tentatively gives
an alternative interpretation relating to an
ancient belief, referred to in the Shuowen entry
for , which links swallows to birth, but the first
analysis above is probably the one to follow.
YK1976:401; KJ1970:508; SS1984:670; OT1968:28.
Note that is a cavity not a breast, though useful
as a mnemonic. Thus we suggest ‘child’ 27
and ‘breast’ and ‘hand’ .
Mnemonic: MOTHER’S HAND PUTS CHILD TO
BREAST SWOLLEN WITH MILK
962
L3
認
14
NIN, mitomeru
recognize,
appreciate
strokes
NINSHIKIcognition
NINKAapproval
mitomeINprivate seal
A late graph (post-Shuowen). Has 118 ‘words;
speak’, and 1825 (‘endure’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘allow, permit’, to give
‘give verbal approval’. YK1976:402; KJ1970:569;
OT1968:932. Suggest taking as ‘blade’
1549 and ‘heart’ 164.
Mnemonic: WORDS OF APPRECIATION AS
BLADE ENTERS HEART!?
963
L1
納
10
NŌ, NA, NATSU, TŌ,
osameru
obtain, supply, store
strokes
NŌZEItax payment
NAyashed, barn
SUITŌBO*accounts book
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 29 ‘thread’,
and 207 (‘inside’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘become wet’, giving ‘wet thread’; meanings
such as ‘obtain; supply’ tend to be regarded
as loan usages, though Tōdō notes an example
of early classical usage of in Chinese in the
sense ‘bring inside’, a point echoed by Schuessler.
YK1976:404-5; KJ1970:665; OT1968:770;
TA1965:803; AS2007:446.
Mnemonic: SUPPLY OF THREADS ARE
STORED INSIDE, EASILY OBTAINED
964
脳
NŌ
brain
L3
11 strokes
ZUNŌbrain
SHUNŌleader
NŌSHŌGAIbrain injury
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional . For
‘brain’, Shuowen has 匘 , consisting of