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1291<br />

謙<br />

KEN, herikudaru<br />

humble, modest<br />

L2<br />

17 strokes<br />

KENSONhumility<br />

KENKYOmodesty<br />

KENJŌ humility<br />

Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional<br />

form has . Has 118 ‘words; speak’, and <br />

1281 ‘combine’/ ‘cannot’ (q.v.) as phonetic with<br />

associated sense ‘cave in’, giving ‘give up one’s<br />

own intention, concede’, and hence ‘be humble,<br />

modest’. OT1968:940; TA1965:863-6.<br />

Mnemonic: COMBINE WORDS IN HUMBLE<br />

FASHION<br />

1292<br />

鍵<br />

KEN, kagi<br />

key, lock<br />

L1<br />

17 strokes<br />

kagikkolatchkey child<br />

KENBANkeyboard<br />

kagiana keyhole<br />

1293<br />

繭<br />

KEN, mayu<br />

cocoon<br />

L1<br />

18 strokes<br />

KENCHŪpongee<br />

ōmayudouble cocoon<br />

karamayu waste cocoon<br />

Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional 繭 .<br />

Has 29 ‘thread’, and 60 ‘insect’, with CO<br />

(‘symmetry of ram’s horns’) as phonetic with<br />

associated sense ‘balanced’, giving ‘something<br />

1294<br />

L1<br />

顕<br />

KEN, arawareru<br />

manifest, visible<br />

18 strokes<br />

KENCHO nanoticeable<br />

KEN’YŌprominence<br />

KENBIKYŌ microscope<br />

Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 16<br />

‘metal’, and 498 (‘build, erect’) as phonetic<br />

with associated sense ‘bind’, giving ‘wedge to<br />

stop a cart/carriage’. Regarding the later meaning<br />

‘lock’, Shirakawa considers this to derive<br />

from an intermediate stage involving use of the<br />

graph to denote ‘door/gate bolt’ (otherwise<br />

written ), the sense then being extended<br />

to ‘lock’ and ‘key’. SS1984:265; OT1968:1047;<br />

AS2007:305.<br />

Mnemonic: A BUILDING SHOULD HAVE<br />

METAL KEY-LOCKS<br />

balanced made by insects with thread’, i.e.<br />

‘cocoon’. Note: has top element for ram’s<br />

horns, with two sides balanced, with 30<br />

(roof, covering) as phonetic with associated<br />

sense ‘symmetrical’ (Katō). KJ1970:199-200;<br />

OT1968:791; MS1995:v2:1024-5. Take modern<br />

form for top element as 53 ‘grass’, and as<br />

double-chambered cocoon.<br />

Mnemonic: INSECT THREADS DOUBLE<br />

COCOON UNDER GRASS<br />

Bronze ; seal ; traditional . Interpretations<br />

differ. Scholars typically take bronze<br />

forms as including 103 ‘head’. The left<br />

element, CO 㬎 ‘bright; appear’ (see Note 2<br />

below), is usually interpreted as phonetic in ,<br />

with associated sense taken as i] ‘shine’, giving<br />

‘beautiful decoration worn on the head’, and<br />

by extension ‘shine brightly’ (Ogawa), or ii]<br />

‘bend’, giving ‘bent-over body’ (Katō) (‘appear,<br />

384 The Remaining 1130 Characters

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