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1018
畏
I, kashikomaru, osoreru or similar weapon, giving ‘threaten’, and by
fear, obey, awe
extension ‘be afraid’. The meanings ‘be in awe,
L1
9 strokes
obey’ are Japanese only. MS1995:v2:876-7;
OT1968:670; TA1965:710-11. Suggest taking
IFUfear
upper part as ‘field’ 63 and lower as variant
IKEIawe
of ‘clothing’ 444.
ISHUKU surucower
Mnemonic: I FEAR THAT IN AWE I OBEYED,
OBI ; seal . OBI form shows a demon-like LEAVING SOME CLOTHES IN A FIELD
figure with a large head holding aloft a club
1019
尉
I
military rank
L1
11 strokes
TAIIcaptain
SHŌI ensign
IKANcompany officer
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Seal form
shows 8 ‘fire’ as lower element, and 920
‘hand/pulse’, combining with third element
(represented by first few strokes of the modern
graph) taken either as phonetic with associated
sense ‘press down’ (Katō, Ogawa), or semanti-
cally as ‘buttocks, posterior’, but again giving
rise to the meaning ‘press down’, in the latter
analysis as an extended sense (Tōdō). Overall,
the graph has the original meaning ‘iron’ (the
hand-held implement; later written ). Already
used in Han dynasty China as the name of a
military rank (Qiu: ‘company grade military
officer’). The latter sense appears to be a loan
usage. KJ1970:8-9; OT1968:288; SS1984:19;
QX2000:135-6. Suggest take graph as 256
‘corpse’, 723 ‘show’, and 920 ‘hand’.
Mnemonic: HAND SHOWS CORPSE TO BE
SOLDIER OF RANK
1020
萎
I, naeru, shibomu, Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 53
shioreru
‘vegetation, grass’, and 245 (‘entrust’). The
L1
droop, wither, wilt function of the latter element is taken as phonetic
with associated sense ‘supple’, and by ex-
11 strokes
tension here as ‘soften, wilt’, giving ‘plants wilt/
ISHUKUatrophy
wither’. TA1965:618; SS1984:20. Suggest itemize
IBIwaning, decline
elements from , namely 37 ‘woman’ and
shiorelanguishing
87 ‘grain plant’.
Mnemonic: WOMAN ENTRUSTED WITH
PLANTS AND GRASS, BUT ALL WILTING
1021
偉
I, erai
great, grand
L2
12 strokes
IDAIgrandeur
IJINhero, prodigy
eraBUTSUgreat person
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 41 ‘person’,
and (originally ‘patrol by going round
an enclosed area’, or ‘avoid, move away from’;
see 446 and 1024) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘different, unusual, out of the ordinary’
(positive connotation), giving ‘unusual/
outstanding person’. OT1968:76; SS1984:20;
KJ1970:8; MS1995:v1:258-9.
Mnemonic: GREAT PERSON DIFFERS FROM
THE ORDINARY
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