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2060
L1
抑
YOKU, osaeru
restrain, press down
7 strokes
YOKUSHIdeterrent
YOKUATSUsuppression
YOKUSEIrestraint
OBI () ; seal . OBI form consists of
41 ‘person kneeling’, with 1739 ‘claw’
(sometimes ‘hand’, as here, later stylized to
), giving original meaning ‘make someone
kneel’ and by extension ‘kneeling person
looks up’: see also 1229, ‘look up, respect’)
In Katō’s view, originally and 448 (‘seal,
sign’, q.v.) were the same graph (see Note
below), though not all scholars agree on this
(Mizukami treats as two separate graphs).
The two were clearly differentiated by the
seal stage. , with/34 ‘hand’ added (in
effect an extra hand), is noted in Shuowen
as a popular equivalent, and one which later
came to predominate. ‘Hold down, press
down’, close to the original meaning, is typically
regarded as an extended sense. Note:
The fact that OBI occurrences of have
facing to the right while is facing to the
left in some OBI occurrences of does not
signify a difference of meaning or different
graphs, as at that very early stage such
fluctuation in direction was usually nonsignificant
(Qiu). MS1995:v1:178-81,v2:818-9;
GY2008:106,407-8,180; DJ2009:v2:732-3. We
suggest taking the right-hand part as a
person doubly bent.
Mnemonic: HAND PRESSES DOWN ON
PERSON TILL DOUBLY BENT
2061
沃
YOKU, YŌ
fertility, pour
L1
7 strokes
YOKUDOfertile land
HIYOKUfertility
YŌSOiodine
Seal (