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cave’, and as phonetic with associated
sense ‘project’, giving ‘hole which projects a
short way above ground/roofline (as smoke
vent)’ (Katō). A further, quite different view
is put forward by Shirakawa, who takes
as an abbreviation for NJK ‘cooking stove’,
and as here signifying a dog offered as
sacrifice, as a ritual to cleanse the stove.
Note that in modern form the dog has lost
its spot, thus now ‘big’ 36 . OT1968:740;
GY2008:947; MR2007:374; KJ1970:745;
SS1984:663.
Mnemonic: THRUST INTO BIG HOLE
1806
L1
屯
4
TON
barracks, camp, post,
station
strokes
TON’EIbarracks
CHŪTONposting
TONDENHEIcolonial troops
OBI ; seal . Pictograph of seedling largely
curled up but just starting to emerge above
ground. Katō takes it as a struggling plant,
and its growth is stopping, extending to stop
at a place. Other views see ‘stop, encamp’
as probable loan usages. MS1995:v1:414-5;
MR2007:219; OT1968:299; GY2008:72;
KJ1985:185. Take as ‘strange hair’ 230.
Mnemonic: HAIR-LIKE SPROUTING PLANT
FOUND IN CAMP
1807
豚
TON, buta
OBI ; bronze ( ) ; seal . OBI form
pig, pork
has ‘wild pig, boar’ 89, with / ‘meat,
L1
11 strokes
flesh’ 209, taken as ‘plump wild piglet/boar
(meat) to offer as sacrifice’. In bronze,
TONMŌpig bristle
‘hand’ 2003 was added to signify clearly
butaNIKUpork
‘offer as sacrifice’. At the seal stage, is
TONKATSUpork cutlet
given in the Shuowen entry heading, with
noted as an alternative form. An occurrence
with omitted can be found in the clerical
script. MS1995:v2:1220-21; DJ2009:v2:768-9;
KJ1970:745-6; GY2008:1285; OT1968:949;
SK1984:679.
Mnemonic: MEATY WILD PIG PROVIDES PORK
1808
頓
TON, tomi ni
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
sudden, quick, bow ‘head’ (see 103), combined with (‘camp’
L1
13 strokes
1806) as phonetic with associated sense ‘come
up against, come to a halt’, giving ‘bow head to
TONCHIquick wit
the ground’. Other meanings such as ‘sudden’
TONSHIsudden death
are loan usages. OT1968:1102; SS1984:665. As
TONSHUbow, kowtow
with 1806, we suggest taking as ‘strange
hair’ 230.
Mnemonic: BOWING SUDDENLY MAKES HAIR
ON YOUR HEAD GO STRANGE
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