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1439
L1
朱
6
SHU
vermilion, red,
cinnabar
strokes
SHUirovermilion
SHUNIKUred ink-pad
SHUHITSUred pen, correct
OBI ; seal . The OBI occurrences comprise
the pictograph for ‘tree’ 73, plus a centrallyplaced
element which is either a thin horizontal
stroke or a much shorter, thicker stroke.
Katō is of the view that the version of this
graph with the shorter, thickish line (which
he sees as a blob-like dot) is the original form
(even though he bases this view on a later,
bronze equivalent, in which thick strokes
were more easily executed than when incising
in OBI on bone with a knife), and serves as
phonetic, with associated sense ‘inside’, giving
‘the inside of a tree’. Perhaps more convincing
is the view that the role of this additional line
(or blob-like dot) may have been to indicate
the tree has been cut, showing the newly-cut
wood which is often reddish in color (Ogawa).
Shirakawa, alternatively, suggests that the
blob-like dot might be a way to indicate a
method for extracting material from a tree
for making the vermilion color, though it is
not clear what tree (or shrub) this would be.
The seal equivalent for in Shuowen again
has a thin horizontal stroke, and in clerical
script we find examples close to the block
script equivalent with its top left-hand stroke
; no doubt this evolved as a way to help
distinguish from other similar graphs such
as once the top curved stroke of in seal
changed to a straight horizontal stroke in
the less embellished clerical script. The sense
‘bright orange-red, vermilion’ appears to
reflect a minor semantic shift. MS1995:646-7;
SS1984:399-400; OT1968:488; SK1984:395;
KJ1970:504. Suggest taking as a ribbon.
Mnemonic: VERMILION-RED RIBBON IN
TREETOP
1440
L1
狩
SHU, karu/ri
hunt
9 strokes
SHURYŌhunting
kariinuhunting dog
karikomiround-up
Seal . Has 19 ‘dog’ (the variant is
sometimes used in the sense ‘wild animal
akin to dog’), and 316 (‘guard, protect’)
as phonetic with associated sense taken as i]
1441
殊
SHU, koto(ni)
(e)special
L1
10 strokes
TOKUSHUspecial
SHUSHŌ nalaudable
kotosaraespecially
‘collect and catch’, giving ‘collect together and
catch wild animals and birds’ (Ogawa), or ii]
‘surround’, giving ‘chase and catch wild animals
and birds’ ((Tōdō). Mizukami lists proposed OBI
and bronze equivalents, though the phonetic
element (supposedly ) in these corresponds
more to instead. OT1968:642; KJ1970:503-
04; MS1995:v2:840-41,v1:360-61.
Mnemonic: DOG PROTECTS MASTER WHEN
OUT HUNTING
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 302/520
‘bone fragment’ (variant of 歺 , having 96
‘bone crack, divining’, over piece of bone: see
Note below), and 1439 (‘vermilion’ ) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘cut off, cut’, giving
‘cut to death, kill’. The variant rather than
歺 is common already in clerical script as the
determinative. Based on usage in an early classical
text, Shirakawa feels ‘outstanding, special’
may be an extended sense of . Note: Katō,
however, takes 歺 as showing top of spine. Qiu
notes another possible origin of , stating ‘it
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