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1157
寛
KAN, kutsurogu
magnanimous, relax
L1
13 strokes
KANDAIliberality
KAN’YŌtolerance
KANJOmagnanimity
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional
. Has 30 ‘roof, house, building’, and
1158
L1
歓
KAN, yorokobu
rejoice, merry
15 strokes
KANGEIwelcome
KANRAKUpleasure
KŌKANfraternisation
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional
歡 . Has 496 (originally pictograph of
person with mouth open wide, now means
1159
監
KAN
supervise, watch
L1
15 strokes
KANSHIobservation
SŌKANsuperintendent
KANKINimprisonment
OBI ; seal . Has (NJK, ‘bend down’),
and ‘bowl’ 300, originally showing person
bent over gazing at reflection in surface of
1160
L1
緩
KAN, yurui/mu/meru
loose, easy, slack
15 strokes
KANWAmitigation
KANRYŪgentle current
yuruyuru toleisurely
1161
憾
KAN, uramu
regret, resent
L1
16 strokes
IKAN naregettable
KANKONgrudge
urami regret
(CO, ‘plump wild sheep’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘spacious, unconstricted’, to give ‘spacious
house’, and by extension ‘magnanimous;
relax’. KJ1970:340; MS1995:v1:386-8,v2:1120-21;
OT1968:282. We suggest taking the elements as
30 ‘building / roof’, 20 as ‘see’, and 53 as
‘grass’.
Mnemonic: SEE GRASS-ROOFED
BUILDING – A PLACE TO RELAX
‘lack’), and 468 (‘crested bird’, q.v.) as phonetic
with associated sense taken variously as i] ‘eat
and drink’, giving ‘open the mouth and eat and
drink’, with ‘rejoice, be happy’ as an extended
sense (Katō), or ii] ‘do something together/
in unison’, giving ‘join forces and make a stir’
(Tōdō), or iii] ‘shout’, giving ‘shout’ (Ogawa).
KJ1970:340; TA1965:643-6; OT1968:535.
Mnemonic: MERRIMENT IS A GAPING MOUTH
FULL OF CRESTED BIRD
water, thus ‘gaze at one’s reflection, look from
above’; by extension, ‘look carefully; keep
watch’ (Mizukami, Shirakawa), ‘inspect’ (Qiu).
Note: comprises 543 (originally, eye with
large pupil or eyeball, with core meaning ‘look
at, watch’), with / , which corresponds to
person bending over, as in the seal form above.
QX2000:195; MS1995:v2:906-7; KJ1970:132;
OT1968:692; SS1984:129.
Mnemonic: BENDING PERSON WITH ONE EYE
WATCHS OVER BOWL
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional form
has right-hand 1053 (CO; originally ‘pull’
q.v.). Has 29 ‘thread’, and as phonetic with
associated sense ‘loose; lenient, relax’, giving
‘tie thread loosely’. Listed in Shuowen, though
not with main entry status. DJ2009:v3:1080-81;
KJ1970:107-8,333; OT1968:785.
Mnemonic: HANDS PULL THREADS LOOSE
A late graph (post-Shuowen). Has 264
‘feeling, emotion’, and 164 ‘heart, feeling’.
Acquired connotations of negative emotion,
specifically ‘regret, resent’. Included in Tōdō’s
word-family ‘blocked up inside’. SS1984:130;
TA1965:815-24; OT1968:389.
Mnemonic: REGRET IS DOUBLY STRONG
FEELING
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