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1874
L1
繁
HAN, shigeru
profuse, rich, complex
16 strokes
HANJŌprosperity
HANZATSUcomplexity
HANSHOKUpropagation
Bronze ; seal . Interpretations diverge. As
Katō points out, while has tended to be
used as the correct way of writing , to judge
from the bronze form of the right-hand
side seems better taken not as 855 ‘lineage,
connection’ but 29 ‘thread’ (Gu is in
agreement on this point). Accordingly, Katō
follows and not in his analysis, taking
as ‘thread’ combined with (traditional
form of 225 ‘each, every’) as phonetic with
associated sense ‘become entangled’, giving
‘cord made of intertwined threads’. In another
treatment (Ogawa, Gu), is taken as depicting
a woman with hair ornament () with
the tassels of the ornament (represented here
by ) dangling down. Ogawa, who takes
as correct, considers was sometimes used
interchangeably with (NJK, ‘grow luxuriantly’)
and borrowed in that sense; then,
the shape of was changed in error to
combined with 1903 (‘agile’), resulting in
. Mizukami and Katō also take ‘grow luxuriantly’
as loan usage. Examples of the form
can be found in clerical script. KJ1970:788;
SK1984:575; GY2008:1942;OT1968:788;
MS1995:v2:1002-05,1016-7.
Mnemonic: THOSE AGILE WITH PROFUSION
OF COMPLEX THREADS GET RICH
1875
藩
HAN
fief, clan
L1
18 strokes
CHŌSHŪHANChōshū Fief
HANSHUfeudal lord
HANSHIclansman, retainer
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
53 ‘plants’, combined with (CO, ‘cloudy
water in which rice has been washed’; see
Note below) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘hedge, screen, fence’, giving overall
meaning ‘hedge, screen, wall’ around a
house or similar. ‘Fief’ appears to be an extended
sense, and ‘clan’ a further extension,
and the meanings ‘hedge, screen, wall’ are
now effectively defunct. Note: comprises
42 ‘water’ with 215 (‘number’) as phonetic
with associated sense taken either as i]
‘white’ (Ogawa), or ii] ‘spread out in circular
shape’ (this and i] are both noted in Mizukami),
either way giving ‘cloudy water in which
rice has been washed’ (associated sense
ii] here derives from the circular motion of
water when rice or similar is washed in a
container). KJ1970:780-81; OT1968:876,609;
MS1995:v2:780-81; TA1965:653; AS2007:229.
Mnemonic: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
WATER-PLANTS IN THE CLAN’S FIEF
1876
蛮
BAN
barbarian
L1
12 strokes
BANJINbarbarian
BANKŌbarbarism
YABANbarbarism
Seal ; traditional . Consists in one view
of 60 ‘insect, snake’ used pejoratively,
combined with 䜌 (CO, ‘tangled thread’ or
‘unravel tangled thread’; see Note below)
as phonetic with associated sense taken
in one view as ‘be in disorder/disarray’,
giving original meaning ‘ethnic group in
ancient southern China who worshipped
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