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1956
泡
HŌ, awa
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
froth, bubble, foam
L1
42 ‘water’, combined with 611 ‘envelop,
8 strokes
wrap’ as semantic and phonetic, giving ‘that
which envelops water surface’, i.e. ‘foam’.
KIHŌair bubble
Tōdō interprets slightly differently, including
in his word-family ‘envelop, swollen up in
HAPPŌfoaming
awadatsu bubble, froth
round fashion’, but with essentially the same
overall meaning. TA1965:231-4; OT1968:570;
SS1984:786.
Mnemonic: WATER ENVELOPED IN FROTHY
BUBBLES OF FOAM
1957
胞
HŌ
placenta, womb
L1
9 strokes
HŌSHIspore
DŌHŌbrothers, brethren
SAIBŌ cell (biology)
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
209 ‘flesh, meat; body’, combined with
611 ‘envelop, wrap’, giving ‘body part that envelops
infant at birth, placenta’. OT1968:820;
SS1984:787; TA1965:231-4.
Mnemonic: THE WOMB IS A PART OF THE
BODY THAT ENVELOPS
1958
俸
HŌ
salary, pay
L1
10 strokes
HŌKYŪsalary, pay
NENPŌannual salary
HŌROKU stipend, pay
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Consists of
1954 ‘offer’, combined with 41 ‘person’.
In one view, is regarded as semantic and
phonetic meaning ‘service’, thus ‘help given to
a person in return for service’, i.e. ‘pay, wages’
(Ogawa). Another analysis worth considering
(based on Schuessler), though, is being
used here for ‘receive’ (another of its early
meanings; see 1954), with ‘person’ added,
giving ‘that which a person receives’, i.e. ‘salary,
pay’. OT1968:72; GY2008:1072; AS2007:239.
As with 1954, we suggest taking as ‘two’
(65) and ‘big’ (56), and as club with nails
through.
Mnemonic: PERSON HAS TO USE CLUB WITH
TWO BIG NAILS TO GET HIS PAY
1959
倣
HŌ, narau
imitate, follow
L1
10 strokes
MOHŌimitation
MOHŌSHAimitator
naraikezuri profiling
A late, post-Shuowen graph. Treatments
diverge. Shuowen has but not , and Katō
makes the inference that is a later variant.
comprises 41 ‘person’ with 223
(‘side, direction’) as phonetic with associated
sense ‘similar’, giving ‘appearance of person is
similar to that of another’ (Katō, Gu). Ogawa,
in contrast, regards as being comprised of
‘person’, with 414 (‘release’) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘imitate’, giving
‘imitate someone’. DJ2009:v2:643; KJ1970:764;
GY2008:286-7; OT1968:72.
Mnemonic: RELEASED PERSON MUST IMI-
TATE AND FOLLOW OTHERS
The Remaining 1130 Characters 585