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2054
L2
腰
13
YŌ, koshi
hip, lower back,
manner
strokes
YŌTSŪlumbago
koshiNIKUloin meat
monogoshibearing, manner
A late, post-Shuowen graph. For many centuries,
the word for ‘waist’ was written as just
623 (‘need, vital’, q.v.), but the latter graph
acquired extended meanings such as ‘vital,
important’, and so to then lessen ambiguity
in writing, / 209 ‘flesh, meat; body’ was
added as determinative to clearly show the
meaning ‘waist’. ‘Bearing, manner’ would
seem to be extended senses (cf. English
‘stand straight’) SS1984:851; GY2008:810;
OT1968:826.
Mnemonic: HIP IS VITAL PART OF BODY
2055
L1
瘍
14
YŌ
ulcer, boil, tumor,
carbuncle
strokes
SHUYŌtumor
KAIYŌulcer
IKAIYŌstomach ulcer
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists
of 404 ‘sick(bed)’, with 161 (‘colors of
risen morning sun’, etc.; see 2051 Note) as
phonetic. The commentators below do not
specify the associated sense, but it may be
taken as ‘rise, emerge’, giving ‘boil, ulcer,
tumor’. OT1968:681; SS1984:852.
Mnemonic: SUNRAYS MAY HELP SOMEONE
SICK WITH A TUMOR OR ULCER
2056
踊
YŌ, odoru
dance, leap
L2
14 strokes
BUYŌdance, dancing
odorikodancing girl
BON odoriBon Dance
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 54
‘foot, leg’, combined with (CO, ‘suspension
ring at top of bell’; see 2040 Note) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘hit, strike’, giving
original meaning ‘stamp feet on the ground’.
Shirakawa suggests this may have been part
of a funerary ritual, but does not elaborate.
‘Dance’ may be regarded as an extended
sense if one follows this view. In similar vein,
Katō also regards the meaning of the graph
as ‘feet leaving the ground’, hence ‘dance’.
OT1968:973; SS1984:852; KJ1985:589-90. We
suggest taking the elements as ‘leg’,
as ‘use’ 235, and as ‘bent knee’ (or ‘bent
elbow’ for those who ‘do the turkey’).
Mnemonic: WHEN DANCING, USE YOUR
LEGS, BENDING YOUR KNEES TO LEAP
Or: WHEN DANCING, LEAP USING YOUR LEGS
AND ELBOWS !?
2057
窯
YŌ, kama
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists
kiln, oven
of 860 ‘hole, cave’, combined with
L1
15 strokes
(NJK, ‘newborn lamb’), taken in one view
as phonetic with associated sense ‘bake’,
YŌGYŌceramics
giving ‘cavity for baking earthenware’, i.e.
YŌGYŌKAceramist
KANSŌgamadrying kiln
‘kiln, oven’ (Ogawa). The graph is made
up of 426 (‘sheep’, slightly abbreviated
to ), combined with () 8, ‘fire’ mak-
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