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1653
俗
ZOKU
Bronze ; seal . Has 41 ‘person’, and
worldly, vulgar, 135 (‘valley’) as phonetic with associated
sense taken in one view as ‘continue;
L1
common
9 strokes
learn from others’, giving ‘do repeatedly,
learn from others’ (Katō). Another commentator
ZOKUGO slang
takes with the associated
ZOKKAvulgarisation
sense ‘gathering’, giving ‘behavior of many
FŪZOKU customs
people, what many people do’, and hence
‘customs, practices’ (Ogawa). Alternatively,
the associated sense is considered to be ‘get
inside, be immersed’, giving ‘environment in
which people immerse themselves and live’
(noted in Mizukami). KJ1970:650; OT1968:65;
MS1995:v1:66-7.
Mnemonic: PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY HAVE
VULGAR AND WORLDLY CUSTOMS
1654
賊
ZOKU
Bronze ; seal . Has 545 ‘halberd’
rebel, plunder, injure (Qiu translates as ‘dagger-ax’), and 764
L1
13 strokes
(‘rule’) as phonetic with associated sense
‘wound, injure’, thus ‘wound with halberd/
KAIZOKU pirate
dagger-ax’; meanings such as ‘thief, robber’
TŌZOKUthief
are extended senses. The right-hand element
ZOKUGUN rebel army
of reflects distortion at the block script
stage. FC1974:v2:2119-20; MS1995:v2:1240-
41,v1:130-32; KJ1970:651; QX2000:254;
SK1984:686,98. Take 35as ‘ten’ and 10 as
‘shell-money’.
Mnemonic: TEN REBELS WITH HALBERDS
PLUNDER SHELL-MONEY
1655
遜
SON, herikudaru
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has /
(be) humble
85 ‘walk, go’, and 565 (‘descendants,
L1
14 strokes ()
grandchildren’) as phonetic with associated
sense seen in one view as ‘retreat, be
SONSHOKU inferiority
FUSON naarrogant
humble/compliant’, thus ‘walk in retreat’
(Mizukami). Alternatively, the associated
KENSON na humble, modest
sense is taken as ‘constricted, small’, thus ‘get
smaller, shrink’ as overall meaning, which
is broadly similar to that put forward by
Mizukami. MS1995:v2:1304-5; TA1965:689-
94; AS2007:486.
Mnemonic: BE HUMBLE WHEN MOVING IN
WITH GRANDCHILDREN
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