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1394
L1
撮
SATSU, toru, tsumamu
pluck, pinch, take
15 strokes
SATSUEIphotography
torinaosuretake
tsumamigui corrupt, ‘graft’
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Originally written
510 (‘most’ q.v.), made up of 冃 (‘cover,
headgear’), taken here as abbreviation for
1974 ‘defy, attack’ (traditional form: ) over
317 ‘take’, giving ‘seize in the hand, take without
permission’. Later, the determinative 34 ‘hand’
was added, resulting in . The kun reading
tsumamu ‘pinch’ retains some of the original
meaning of this graph, while the sense ‘take
(photos)’ represents a Japanese-only usage.
KJ1970:501-2; OT1968:428.
Mnemonic: PINCHED HAND TAKES THE MOST
1395
擦
SATSU, suru/reru
rub, chafe, brush
L1
17 strokes
SAKKASHŌabrasion
surechigaubrush past
surikomu rub in
A very late post-Shuowen graph. Has 34
‘hand’, and 516 (‘judge, realize’) as phonetic
with associated sense taken as i] ‘rub’ (Katō,
Shirakawa), or ii] ‘notched, rough’ (Ogawa), in
either case giving the overall meaning ‘rub, polish’.
According to Katō, the right-hand phonetic
element is a substitute for earlier 1366
(both being near-homophones in early Chinese).
KJ1970:416; SS1984:349; OT1968:432.
Mnemonic: REALISE ONE’S HAND IS CHAFED
1396
桟
SAN
spar, beam, frame
L1
10 strokes
SANbashijetty
SAjiki*stand, balcony
SANDŌ walkway of planks
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional .
Has 73 ‘wood, tree’, and (‘harm, injure’
[original OBI graph has two opposing halberds]:
see 520/545) as phonetic with associated sense
taken either as i] ‘small, thin items joined up’,
giving ‘plank walkway’ (Shirakawa), or ii] ‘long
and slender’, giving ‘hanging bridge’ (Ogawa).
Meanings given by Schuessler for this graph
are somewhat different (‘shed made of intertwined
branches’ and ‘carriage box made of
lath or bamboo’), but still there appears to be
some consistency in the general shape of the
materials involved. SS1984:351; OT1968:504;
AS2007:605; MS1995:v1:536-9.
Mnemonic: FRAME MADE USING TWO
WOODEN HALBERDS AS SPARS
1397
L1
惨
11
SAN, ZAN, mugoi,
mijime
cruel, miserable
strokes
SANGEKI tragedy
ZANSATSUmassacre
HISAN misery
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional .
Has 164 ‘heart, feelings’, and 517 (origi-
nally, ‘woman adorned with hairpins’; now ‘go,
attend’) as phonetic with associated sense
taken either as i] ‘needle, hairpin’ (Katō), or ii]
‘pierce, penetrate’ (Ogawa), either way giving
overall meaning ‘feel as if stabbed in the
heart with a needle’. ‘Cruel’ and ‘miserable’ are
extended meanings. KJ1970:441; OT1968:375;
MS1995:v1:626-7.
Mnemonic: CRUELTY ATTENDED BY FEELINGS
OF MISERY
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