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1523
錠
JŌ
lock, tablet
L1
16 strokes
JŌmaelock
teJŌhandcuffs
JŌZAI pill, tablet
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 16
‘metal’, and 371 (‘fix’, ‘decide’) as semantic
and phonetic, meaning ‘stable, steady’ (Gu),
giving ‘metal artefact which is stable’, referring
originally to an ancient bronze ritual food vessel
with legs (Ch.: ding). By extension or loan,
it came to denote metal ingots or other ingotshaped
items such as ink cakes and tablets.
‘Lock’ appears to be a Japanese-only sense.
GY2008:1611; OT1968:1046; www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights
(bronze ding).
Mnemonic: A LOCK IS A METAL OBJECT THAT
FIXES THINGS IN PLACE
1524
譲
JŌ, yuzuru
hand over, yield
L1
20 strokes
JŌHOconcession
JŌTOtransfer
oyayuzuri patrimony
Seal ; traditional . Has 118 ‘words;
speak’, and (‘remove garment’; see 1521
Note)) as phonetic with associated original
sense taken either as i] ‘charge, blame’, giving
‘charge, lay an accusation’ (Ogawa), or ii] ‘push
into’, giving ‘push someone into questioning’
(noted by Mizukami). Katō, who arrives
at a similar overall meaning, i.e. ‘two persons
blame each other’, regards the later predominant
sense ‘concede, yield’ as a loan use.
OT1968:945; MS1995:v2:1215-17; KJ1970:553-
4; AS2007:439. As with 1521, and linking in
with the 1522 mnemonic, we suggest taking
the right-hand part as 80 ‘six’, 1575 ‘well’,
and as a variant of 444 ‘clothing’.
Mnemonic: YIELD TO WORDS – HAND OVER
CLOTHES FROM SIX WELLS
1525
L1
醸
JŌ, kamosu
brew, cause
20 strokes
JŌZŌbrewing
JŌSEI brew, cause
kamoshidasu cause
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 318
‘wine’, and (‘remove garment’; see 1521
Note) as phonetic with associated sense ‘cram,
pack tightly’, thus overall meaning ‘pack tightly
and make ferment’. ‘Cause’ is an extended
meaning. OT1968:1029; TA1965:358-60;
KJ1970:555. As with 1521, and linking in with
the 1522 mnemonic, we suggest taking the
right-hand part as 80 ‘six’, 1575 ‘well’, and
as a variant of 444 ‘clothing’.
Mnemonic: BREWING ALCOHOL IN SIX WELLS
CAUSED RUIN TO CLOTHES
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