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1868
販
HAN
sell, trade
L2
11 strokes
HANBAIselling
SHIHANmarketing
HANROmarket
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 10
‘shell/currency’, with 393 (‘oppose’) with
associated sense taken as i] ‘increase, grow
fat’, thus ‘money increases’ (Katō), or ii]
‘make come and go’, thus ‘change money
into goods, and goods into money’ (Ogawa),
or iii] ‘spread out flat’, thus ‘lay goods out
flat (for trading)’. KJ1970:786; OT1968:954;
TA1965:656.
Mnemonic: OPPOSE USE OF SHELL-MONEY
IN TRADE
1869
L1
斑
12
HAN, buchi, mura,
madara
spot(ted), uneven
strokes
HANTENspot, speck
BOHANbirthmark
buchinekotabby cat
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Originally
written 辬 , comprising 72 ‘pattern’,
with 辡 (‘be in dispute’; see Note below)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘mix’,
giving ‘mottled pattern/colors’. Later, the
phonetic element was changed from 辡 to
(shortened form of (‘two sets of jade
discs’: see 15). Note: 辡 has 1535 (‘sharp’)
duplicated; the original meaning of being
‘large tattooing needle’, used on foreheads
of criminals and slaves to mark ownership.
Shuowen defines 辡 as ‘criminals in dispute’.
Distinguish from 970. GY2008:1360;
ZY2009:v3:729,v4:1338; OT1968:447.
Mnemonic: TWO SETS OF ‘SPOTLESS’ JADE
DISCS HAVE UNEVEN PATTERNS
1870
搬
HAN
carry, transport
L1
13 strokes
UNPANtransportation
HANSŌconveyance
HANSŌTAIconveyor belt
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Has 34 ‘hand’
added as determinative to 1867 ‘carry’ as
semantic and phonetic, giving ‘move/carry’
(by hand)’. Probably was added to distinguish
in writing with the meaning ‘carry
by hand’ as opposed to other meanings associated
with . However, there is considerable
overlap. KJ1970:784; GY2008:1574.
Mnemonic: CARRYING BY HAND IS A FORM
OF TRANSPORT
1871
L1
煩
13
HAN, BON, urusai,
wazurau/washii
trouble(/d), annoy
strokes
HANZATSUtroublesome
BONNŌcarnal passions
HANRŌtrouble, pains
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 103
‘head’, with 8 ‘fire’. In one analysis the
element is taken as ‘fever’, giving ‘have fever
and headache’, and by extension ‘suffer,
trouble’ (Ogawa). Another scholar (Tōdō)
also takes original meaning as ‘have fever
and headache’, following the explanation
in Shuowen, but treats as coming within a
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