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璽
JI
imperial seal
L1
19 strokes
GYOJIimperial seal
KOKUJIseal of state
INJIimperial seal
Seal ( ) . Main entry heading in Shuowen
has , and the equivalent of is treated in
that work as an older writing. has 64
‘earth’ (here, ‘clay’), and (NJK, ‘you, so’, etc.;
see Note below) as phonetic with associated
sense usually taken as ‘push, press’, thus ‘device
for making impressions’. Seal impression
was into soft clay. The graph , consisting of
the same phonetic as in , but comple-
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鹿
shika, ROKU, ka
deer
L1
11 strokes
shikagawadeerskin
ojikabuck, stag
BAkaidiot
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軸
JIKU
axle, shaft, scroll
L1
12 strokes
SHAJIKUaxle
CHIJIKUearth’s axis
JIKUmono scroll picture
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叱
SHITSU, shikaru
scold, rebuke
L2
5 strokes
SHISSEIcorrection
SHITTAscolding, urging
SHISSEKI reprimand
mented by 15 ’jade, precious stone’, later
came to be used (once more), this time to
specifically denote ‘Imperial seal’ as opposed
to lesser seals. The element reflects the
widespread (but not exclusive) use of jade
for Imperial seals; sometimes bronze was
used instead. Note: is typically taken to
be based on pictograph of a spinning device
for winding thread onto, though Mizukami
notes an alternative view which takes it as
a seal with handle having cords attached.
KJ1970:484-5; DJ2009:v3:1117; OT1968:662;
MS1995:v2:822-4; OT1968:662.
Mnemonic: JEWELED IMPERIAL SEAL
INCLUDES FOUR CROSSES
OBI ; seal . Based on pictograph of stag
and antlers. GY2008:1298; MR2007:416;
MS1995:v2:1502-3. Suggest as antlers,
as ‘compare’ 792, as ‘building’ 127.
Mnemonic: DEERS COMPARE ANTLERS
INSIDE BUILDING
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 33
‘vehicle’, and 421 (‘reason, means’) with
associated sense ‘stick out, project’, giving
‘center pole projecting out through wheel’, i.e.
‘axle’. TA1965:188; OT1968:984; GY2008:829;
DJ2009:v3:1173.
Mnemonic: AXLE IS REASON WHY VEHICLE
MOVES
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 22
‘mouth; speak’, and 32 (‘seven’) as phonetic,
serving as onomatopoeic to represent
clicking sound made with the tongue when
scolding someone. SS1984:387; OT1968:163;
DJ2009:v1:117.
Mnemonic: SCOLDED SEVEN TIMES
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疾
SHITSU
OBI ; bronze ; seal . The OBI form has
illness, swiftly
a person, drawn in a shape similar to 56
L1
10 strokes
‘big’, so that an arrow 145 can be shown
pointing up into the armpit, to signify ‘wounded
SHIKKANdisease
by an arrow’ This same shape occurs in
SHISSŌ suruscamper
bronze also; another bronze form (shown
tokku ni quite a while ago
above), in addition to ‘arrow’, has a pictograph
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