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1102
L1
潰
15
KAI, tsubusu/reru
ruin, destroy, be
destroyed, crush
strokes
KAISŌrout, debacle
tsubushinescrap value
himatsubushikill time
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 42
‘water’, with 847 (‘precious’) as phonetic,
with associated sense ‘be destroyed’. Shuowen
glosses as meaning ‘leak’; then to connote
destructive water force such as dyke or similar
bursting. Later, generalized to ‘be destroyed/
defeated’. DJ2009:v3:901; OT1968:606;
SS1984:95; TA1965:710; GY2008:1498.
Mnemonic: PRECIOUS WATER CAN BE
RUINED
1103
壊
KAI, kowareru/su
break, destroy, ruin
L1
16 strokes
HŌKAIcollapse
KAIMETSUdestruction
KAIKETSUBYŌscurvy
Seal ; traditional . Has 64 ‘earth/soil’,
and 褱 (see below) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘crumble; destroy’, giving ‘earthen wall
of fortress/house, etc. is damaged/destroyed’
(Mizukami, Katō); Ogawa takes more generally
as ‘earth crumbles’. Later generalized to
‘destroy/be destroyed’. Note: CO 褱 has 444
‘garment/clothes’, with second element (middle
part of 褱 ) which is taken either i] as meaning
‘shed tears’, thus ‘shed tears and conceal in
one’s clothing’, or ii] as phonetic with associated
sense ‘keep, retain’, thus ‘keep (something)
within one’s clothing’, and by extension ‘conceal
in one’s bosom’ or ‘ embrace’; both analyses
are listed by Mizukami. MS1995:v1:280-
81,v2:1170-71; KJ1970:322; OT1968:226;
SS1984:95. Take as 35 ‘ten’, and 76 ‘eye’.
Mnemonic: TEN EYES FOCUSSED ON SOILED
GARMENT – RUINED!
1104
L1
懐
16
KAI, futokoro,
natsukashii
fond, bosom
strokes
KAICHŪ-pocketfutokorodeidleness
JUKKAIreminiscence
Bronze ; seal ; traditional . Has 164
‘heart/feeling’, with 褱 (see 1103) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘embrace, surround,
keep’, thus ‘keep/embrace in the heart’, hence
‘long for, think fondly of’. MS1995:v1:530-31;
KJ1970:321-2; OT1968:389.
Mnemonic: FOND FEELINGS FOR GARMENT
CATCHING THOSE TEN EYES (see 1103)
1105
諧
KAI
harmony,order
L1
16 strokes
KAICHŌharmony, euphony
HAIKAIhaiku, poetry
KAIONmelody, harmony
Seal . Has 118 ‘words; speak’ and
1099 (‘all, everyone’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘be lined up, come together’, giving
‘voices of many are in unison’; by extension,
‘soften, moderate’. Mizukami looks to identify a
corresponding bronze form. MS1995:v2:1204-5;
GY2008:1335.
Mnemonic: EVERYONE’S WORDS ARE IN
HARMONY
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