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1798
L1
瞳
DŌ, hitomi
pupil (of eye)
17 strokes
DŌKŌpupil (eye)
DŌKŌSANDAIdilation
DŌKŌSHUKUSHŌmiosis
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Has 76 ‘eye’,
with 385 (‘child’) with associated sense
‘swell up in round shape’ (Ogawa), giving
‘pupil’. OT1968:703; GY2008:1930.
Mnemonic: A CHILD IS A PUPIL WITH PUPILS
1799
峠
tōge
past, crest, crisis
L1
9 strokes
tōgemichipass
Usui TōgeUsui Pass
YONJŪ no tōgemidlife crisis
A graph of the kokuji type, i.e. devised in
Japan based on the formational principles of
Chinese characters. Consists of 26 ‘mountain’,
combined with a right-hand side made
up of 39 ‘go up’ and 7 ‘go down’, giving
‘go up and down through mountains’, and
hence ‘mountain pass’. By extension, ‘high
point, crisis’. OT1968:303.
Mnemonic: PASS GOES UP AND DOWN
MOUNTAIN
1800
匿
TOKU
conceal
L1
10 strokes
TOKUMEIpseudonym
INTOKUconcealment
HITOKUconcealment
Bronze ; seal . Analyses diverge. The
element 1487 (q.v.) is a determinative
with a meaning which may provisionally be
taken as ‘enclosure’. In one view, is treated
as representing the meaning ‘hunch the
body over and enclose (something) with the
arms’, with or 896 (‘young’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘put, place’, giving ‘hide
under armpit so no-one can see’ (Katō). In
another view, taken as ‘enclosure’, with
as phonetic with associated sense ‘mulberry
leaves’ or ‘greens’, giving ‘keep things like
mulberry leaves or greens within enclosure’.
Alternatively, is taken as signifying ‘hidden/
remote place’, and in its possible original
meaning, denoting a shamaness dancing
wildly, giving the overall meaning ‘pray to the
deities secretly’ (Shirakawa). All the above interpretations
may be taken as leading to ‘hide,
conceal’ as an extended or generalized sense.
OT1968:134-5; KJ1970:705; SS1984:659.
Mnemonic: YOUNGSTER CONCEALED IN AN
ENCLOSURE
1801
督
TOKU
supervise, urge
L1
13 strokes
TOKUREIencouragement
KANTOKUsupervision
TOKUSOKUurging
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
76 ‘eye’, combined with 1466 (‘uncle’) as
phonetic with associated sense taken either
as i] ‘urge, apply pressure’, giving ‘watch over
work of others’ (Ogawa), or ii] ‘stop, bring to
rest’, giving ‘bring eyes to rest and watch,
watch over’ (Katō). OT1968:702; KJ1970:744-5.
Mnemonic: UNCLE’S EYE SUPERVISES
The Remaining 1130 Characters 537