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1199
L1
却
7
KYAKU, kaette
rather, instead, on the
contrary
strokes
KYAKKArejection
TAIKYAKUretreat
HENKYAKU repayment
Seal () ; a late graph (Shuowen). Originally,
41 ‘person kneeling’, with (see Note below;
not to be confused with similar-shaped
135 ‘valley’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘retreat, withdraw’, giving original sense
‘withdraw on one’s knees (from presence of a
superior)’, then generalized to just ‘withdraw’.
Whether by design or in error, left-hand was
later replaced by 276 ‘go, leave’. ‘On the
contrary’ (i.e. the opposite of what might be
expected) may be regarded as an extended
sense. Note: Katō takes to mean ‘roof of
the mouth’, but Tōdō takes as ‘bend at back
of knee’; in either case, refers to an inwardlycurving
– i.e. concave – part of the body.
DJ2009:v2:732; KJ1970:361; TA1965:398-400;
OT1968:146.
Mnemonic: BENDING MAN LEAVES, JUST TO
BE CONTRARY
1200
脚
KYAKU, KYA, ashi
leg, foot
L1
11 strokes
KYAKKAat one’s feet
KYATATSUstep-ladder
SANKYAKU tripod
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 209 ‘meat,
flesh, body’, and CO (‘concave part of the
body’ – see 1199 Note) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘bend back, bend’, giving
‘shin, back of the leg’, then generalized to ‘leg’;
also used of furniture legs. TA1965:398-400;
KJ1970:361; TA1968:822. Take 1199’s modern
meaning‘on the contrary’.
Mnemonic: ON THE CONTRARY, A LEG IS A
VERY MEATY PART
1201
虐
GYAKU, shiitageru
cruelty, oppress
L1
9 strokes
GYAKUSATSUmassacre
GYAKUTAImaltreatment
ZANGYAKUcruelty
Bronze ; seal . Has ‘tiger’ 1301, and
, here as variant of 1739 ‘claw’, giving
‘tiger sinks claws into prey’; by extension, ‘treat
savagely; cruel’. MS1995:v2:1138-9; TA1965:267;
OT1968:880.
Mnemonic: TIGER’S CLAWS SYMBOLIZE CRUELTY
1202
L1
及
KYŪ, oyobi/bu/bosu
reach, extend, and
3 strokes
KYŪDAITENpass mark
TSUIKYŪcatch up
oyobigoshia bent back
OBI ; seal . The early forms show a hand
right behind – or holding – the leg of a person
in front, to give ‘catch up with, reach’, and by
extension ‘extend to’, ‘and’. MS1995:v1:192-3;
KJ1970:259-60; OT1968:152. Suggest as digit
3, and 41 person.
Mnemonic: THREE PEOPLE REACH OUT AND
EXTEND THEMSELVES
358 The Remaining 1130 Characters