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L1
喝
KATSU
shout, scold
11 strokes
KASSAIapplause
KYŌKATSUthreat
IKKATSUyell, roar
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional
form has as right-hand element. Has 22
‘mouth; speak’, and as semantic and phonetic
(‘question loudly/stop and question’;
see 1048), giving ‘shout loudly’, and – as a
consequence – ‘throat becomes dry’, to give
‘become hoarse’ (the Shuowen explanation of
is ‘throat becomes dry’). The additional
Japanese meaning ‘scold, rebuke’ may be seen
as an extended meaning. GY2008:1336; DJ2009:
v1:119. As with 1048, we suggest taking the top
10 right hand part as ‘day’ 66, as
slumped/sitting person, with as corner.
Mnemonic: PERSON SITTING IN CORNER ALL
DAY, BEING SHOUTED AT
1130
渇
KATSU, kawaku
thirst, parched
L1
11 strokes
KASSUIwater shortage
KATSUBŌcraving
kawakithirst
1131
L1
葛
KATSU, kuzu, tsuzura
arrowroot, vine
12 strokes
KATTŌcomplication
kuzukoarrowroot starch
tsuzuraorimeandering
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Also (nonstandard).
Has 53 ‘plant’, and / (‘question
loudly/stop and question’; see 1048) as pho-
1132
L1
滑
13
KATSU, KOTSU,
suberu, nameraka
slip, slide, smooth
strokes
ENKATSUsmoothness
KASSEKItalc
uwasuberi nosuperficial
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 42
‘water’, and 877 (‘bone’) as phonetic with
Bronze ; seal ; traditional form has .
Has42 ‘water’, and / (‘question loudly/
stop and question’; see 1048) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘become sparse, run out’,
thus ‘water dries up’; by extension ‘be thirsty’.
MS1995:v2:764-5; KJ1970:357-8; OT1968:585.
As with 1048, we suggest taking right hand part
/ as ‘day’ 66, as slumped/sitting person,
with as corner.
Mnemonic: PERSON SLUMPED IN CORNER
ALL DAY, THIRSTING FOR WATER
netic with associated sense ‘be bent, twisted’,
giving ‘plant with tortuously twisted stem’, i.e. a
type of vine. For this graph the traditional form
is standard. GY2008:1376; MS1995:v2:1122-4.
As with 1048, we suggest taking right hand part
as ‘day’ 66, as slumped/sitting person,
with as corner.
Mnemonic: PERSON SLUMPED IN CORNER
ALL DAY, TANGLED IN ARROWROOT VINE
associated sense taken as i] ‘emerge’ (Katō)
or ii] ‘smooth’ (Shirakawa), both giving ‘water
emerges easily’, and hence ‘slide; smooth’. Alternatively,
there is another variation on interpretation
of the phonetic, i.e. iii] ‘revolve, go round’,
taken as ‘go round smoothly’, and hence again
‘smooth’ (Ogawa). KJ1970:329; SS1984:114;
OT1968:599.
Mnemonic: BONES IN WATER END UP
SMOOTH AND SLIPPERY
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