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1022
L1
椅
I
chair
12 strokes
ISUchair
kurumaISUwheelchair
nagaISUcouch
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 73
‘wood, tree’, and 1174 (‘strange’) as phonetic
(associated sense unclear), meaning ‘(type of)
catalpa tree’. The wood was sometimes used
for musical instruments as well as chairs; chair
furniture was made in China from the Tang
Dynasty onwards, initially only for the elite.
The meaning ‘chair’ evolved by association.
OT1968:509-10; SS1984:20; DJ2009:v2:453.
Mnemonic: A CHAIR IS A STRANGE WOODEN
THING
1023
L1 ?
彙
13
IHŌbulletin
GOIvocabulary
JIIdictionary
I
compile, collect,
classify
strokes
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Analyses vary. One
takes as originally a pictograph of a hedgehog
(Ogawa, Shirakawa). Alternatively, it is seen as
abbreviation of NJK ‘wild boar; hedgehog’,
with an abbreviation of 447 (‘stomach’) as
1024
違
I, chigau
differ
L2
13 strokes
SŌIdifference
IHANinfringement
machigaimistake
phonetic with associated sense ‘round, surround’,
giving ‘animal which rolls into a ball’,
again giving ‘hedgehog’ (Tōdō). Despite the
diversity, scholars agree original meaning of
is ‘hedgehog’; the later sense ‘collect’ is an
extended sense, based on the large number of
densely-packed spines the animal has, giving
an impression of being collected together.
OT1968:343; SS1984:21; TA1965:712-9. Suggest
using 454 for its meaning ‘fruit tree’, with head
part on top.
Mnemonic: HEDGEHOGS ON TOP OF FRUIT
TREES!? COLLECT AND CLASSIFY!
OBI ; seal . Has 85 ‘walk, go’, and (original
sense considered to be either ‘go in different
directions, move away from’ or ‘patrol by going
round enclosed area’; see 446 and 1021), here
as semantic and phonetic with associated sense
‘move away from’, giving ‘move away from’; ‘be
different’ is an extended sense. QX2000:192;
KJ1970:8; MS1995:v2:1298-9,1436-8.
Mnemonic: MOVE AWAY IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION
1025
L1
維
I
rope, tie, support
14 strokes
IJIupkeep
ISHINrestoration
SEN’Ifiber
Bronze ; seal . Has 29 ‘thread’, and
324 (‘short-tailed bird, bird’) as phonetic with
associated sense range ‘hold firmly, pull, dangle
and pull’, giving ‘rope for pulling’; in Shuowen,
further defined as the ropes for pulling the
hood of a cart or carriage. Sense generalized
to ‘rope’, and by extension ‘tie’, and presumably
also ‘strengthen/support’. KJ1970:13;
MS1995:v2:1016-18; OT1968:780.
Mnemonic: ROPE THREADED THROUGH BIRD
HELPS SUPPORT IT
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