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1620
措
SO
place, dispose
L1
11 strokes
SOCHI action, step
SOJIphraseology
KYOSO behavior
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has34
‘hand’, and 346 (‘in olden times, past’) as
phonetic with associated sense generally
taken as ‘place, pile up’; several commentators
regard ‘cast aside’ as an extended sense
(Ogawa, Katō), though Tōdō does not support
this. Schuessler includes both ‘place’ and ‘lay
aside’ as meanings. OT1968:420; KJ1970:615;
AS2007:638.
Mnemonic: HAND FROM THE PAST PLACED
AT ONE’S DISPOSAL
1621
粗
SO, arai
coarse, rough
L1
11 strokes
SOMATSUcoarseness
SOTŌraw sugar
arasujirough outline
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 220
‘rice’, and 1135 (‘furthermore’/[piled
objects]) as phonetic with associated sense
taken as i] ‘scatter’, giving ‘unrefined rice, nonglutinous
rice’ (Ogawa; Gu also says ‘unrefined
rice’), or ii] ‘coarse’, giving ‘cracked rice’
(Katō). Either analysis still gives the extended
sense ‘coarse’.OT1968:761; GY2008:1310;
KJ1970:641.
Mnemonic: FURTHERMORE, THE RICE IS
COARSE
1622
L1
疎
12
SO, utoi/mu
distant, shun, pass,
estranged
strokes
SOKAKUalienation
SOKAISHAevacuee
utoutoshiiunfriendly
Seal ( ) ; late graph (Shuowen). evolved
as popular variant of . itself has 㐬 432
(‘baby born in flow of amniotic fluid’), and /
1574 (‘leg’) as phonetic with associated sense
‘pass through’ > ‘baby passes from mother’s
body and is born’ (Katō, Gu). Ogawa takes as
‘flow passes through’. Modern form has ‘bundle’
561. ‘Shun, estranged, distant’ are extended
meanings from parturition. KJ1970:584-5;
GY2008:1522-3; OT1968:676.
Mnemonic: SHUNNED FOR HAVING BUNDLES
ON ONE’S LEGS
1623
訴
SO, uttaeru
other view is seen as phonetic with associated
sense ‘go upstream, back’, thus ‘speak about
sue, appeal
L1
12 strokes
something from base up’ (Ogawa). Despite
some apparent divergence, both interpretations
KOKUSOlegal action
involve a process of resistance; Ogawa’s
AISOappeal
analysis could equally well be regarded as giving
SOSHŌJIKENlawsuit
the overall meaning ‘go verbally against the
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 118
tide’. TA1965:375; OT1968:925.
‘words; speak’, with 1586 (‘reject’). In one
view, has semantic role, giving ‘offer verbal
Mnemonic: WORDS OF REJECTION LEAD ONE
TO APPEAL AND SUE
resistance’, hence ‘claim against’ (Tōdō). In an-
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