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1981
L1
謀
16
BŌ, MU, hakaru,
hakarigoto
plot, stratagem
strokes
INBŌplot, intrigue
MUHON*insurrection
BŌRYAKUstratagem
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 118
‘words; speak’, with 1973 (‘a certain…’) as
phonetic with associated sense taken as i]
‘look for, try to find’, thus ‘look for the truth in
someone’s words’ or ‘seek opinion’ (Mizukami,
Katō), or ii] ‘read (someone’s mind)’, thus ‘plan’
(Ogawa). Later the graph acquired a negative
connotation. MS1995:v2:1208-9; KJ1970:757;
OT1968:939; AS2007:391.
Mnemonic: PLOT DEPENDS UPON A CERTAIN
WORD – GOOD STRATAGEM
1982
頬
hō, hoho, KYŌ
cheek
L1
15 strokes
hōbarufill one’s cheeks
hōbenirouge
hōbonecheekbone
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen); traditional
(16 strokes). Has 103 ‘head’ (here
‘face’), with ‘on both sides; put between’
(see Note below), giving ‘that which is on
1983
L1
朴
6
BOKU, hō
simple, artless, type of
magnolia
strokes
JUNBOKUsimple, honest
SOBOKUplain, simple
hō no kitype of magnolia
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 73
‘tree, wood’, with 96 (‘crack’, ‘divination’) as
phonetic with associated sense ‘snap, break’,
both sides of the face’, i.e. ‘cheek(s)’. Note:
OBI form for shows two smaller people
standing either side of big person with arms
outstretched. Qiu gives original meaning as
‘on two sides’; extended to ‘put between, insert’
(later written 1221, q.v). QX2000:187;
SS1984:1100,189; OT1968:246; AS2007:300.
Take as ‘man’ 601 and 70 as ‘away’.
Mnemonic: MAN IS BIG-HEADED AND GETS
AWAY WITH IT – WHAT CHEEK!
giving ‘tree bark’. It seems that another
word having the same pronunciation in
early Chinese meaning ‘as yet untouched/
unworked natural tree wood’, once written
(NJK), was sometimes written by
substituting instead. Used in this way,
acquired an extended sense from , i.e.
‘naïve, unsophisticated, artless’. TA1965:317-
9; DJ2009:v2:463,467; GY2008:229-30.
Mnemonic: MAGNOLIA WOOD SIMPLY
CRACKS
1984
L1
睦
13
BOKU, mutsu(majii)
harmonious,
friendly
strokes
SHINBOKUfriendship
mutsugotolovers’ talk
WABOKUreconciliation
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 76
‘eye’, with 坴 627 (CO; ‘earth mound’, ‘clods of
earth’, see) as phonetic with associated sense
taken as i] ‘follow’, giving ‘submissive gaze/
look’ (Katō), or ii] ‘soften, moderate’, giving –
in similar vein – ‘softened gaze’ (Ogawa). By
extension, ‘harmonious, intimate’. KJ1970:45;
OT1968:702; GY2008:1583.
Mnemonic: GETTING CLODS OF EARTH IN
THE EYE IS FRIENDLY!?
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