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1756
摘
TEKI, tsumu/mamu
pluck, extract
L1
14 strokes
TEKIYŌsummary
TEKIHATSUdisclosure
tsumitorupluck, pick
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 34
‘hand’, and (NJK; ‘say just one thing, only’)
(later, 啇 [CO, ‘origin’; see 778/9, 1707])
as phonetic with associated sense ‘bring
together’, giving ‘pick and bring together’.
Orig. apparently referred to picking fruit, but
later more generalized ‘picking’. TA1965:470-
73; GY2008:1706; KJ1970:721; SS1984:623;
OT1968:427. As with 778/9 and 1707, we suggest
taking 啇 as ‘funny’ tower (see 132).
Mnemonic: PLUCK FRUIT BY HAND NEXT TO
A FUNNY TOWER
1757
滴
TEKI, shizuku, shitataru
drip, drop
L2
14 strokes
TEKIKAdripping
SUITEKIwater droplet
ITTEKIone drop
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has ‘water’
42, and (NJK; ‘say just one thing, only’) (later,
啇 [CO, ‘origin’; see 778/9, 1707]) as phonetic
taken either i] as onomatopoeic for the sound
of dripping water (Katō, Ogawa), or ii] as
phonetic with associated sense ‘come together’,
denoting water collecting and at times
dripping down (Tōdō), either way giving
overall meaning ‘water drips; water droplets’.
KJ1970:721; OT1968:604-05; TA1965:470-73. As
with 1756, we suggest taking 啇 as ‘odd’ tower
(see also 132).
Mnemonic: WATER DRIPS AT THE ODD
TOWER
1758
溺
DEKI, oboreru/rasu
drown, indulge
L1
13 strokes
溺 DEKISHIdeath by drowning
溺 TANDEKIindulgence
溺 DEKIAIinfatuation
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 42
‘water’, and (which is in fact the traditional
form of 154 ‘weak’) as phonetic (associated
sense unclear) to denote a river name. 溺 appears
to have been borrowed at an early stage
to represent a homophone or near-homophone
meaning ‘drown’. We suggest taking it
as ‘weak’ 154. OT1968:601; SS1984:1625;
GY2008:1660.
Mnemonic: IF WEAK IN THE WATER, YOU
MIGHT GET DROWNED
1759
迭
TETSU
alternate, rotate
L1
8 strokes
TETSURITSUalternating
KŌTETSUreshuffle
TEKKIalternate occurrence
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 85 ‘walk
along a road’, and 529 (‘lose’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘take the place of, hand
over to’, giving ‘walk along road and change
(messengers)’. KJ1970:722; TA1965:757.
Mnemonic: LOST WHILE WALKING ALONG
ROAD, NEED ALTERNATE ROUTE
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