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2081
L1
竜
RYŪ, tatsu
dragon
10 strokes
KYŌRYŪdinosaur
RYŪJINdragon god
tatsumakiwhirlwind
OBI ; seal ; traditional . Originally
visualized depiction of dragon with long
snaking body. Shape varies in OBI and
2082
粒
RYŪ, tsubu
grain, particle
L2
11 strokes
RYŪSHIparticle
hitotsubuone grain
RYŪRYŪassiduously
bronze forms but was regularized at seal
stage. The abbreviated form may well be
based on Tang dynasty cursive models. In
Chinese tradition a dragon is seen as a symbol
of goodness and strength, not threatening
and fire-belching as in Western cultures.
MS1995:v2:1526-7; QX2000:177,238;
GY2008:146. Take as ‘stand’ 77 and as
short for electricity 197.
Mnemonic: STANDING DRAGON HAS AN
ELECTRICAL SHORT!
Seal ; late graph (Shuowen). Has 220
‘rice’ (originally [OBI] grains of cereal, not
necessarily rice; q.v.), with 77 (’stand’) as
phonetic with associated sense taken as i]
‘scattered’, giving ‘individual (rice) grains’
(Ogawa), or ii] ‘be lined up together’, giving
‘cereal grains of same shape collected together’,
and by extension ‘(individual) grain’
(Tōdō, Mizukami). ‘Particle’ is an extended
sense. OT1968:762; MS1995:v2:998-9;
TA1965:804-6.
Mnemonic: STAND ALONGSIDE RICE GRAINS
2083
L1
隆
11
RYŪ
high, swell, rise,
prosper
strokes
RYŪSEIprosperity
RYŪKIupthrust, bulge
KŌRYŪprosperity, rise
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen); traditional
. Interpretations differ. In one view, the graph
consists of 262 ‘hill, mound’, with 㚅 as
phonetic with associated sense ‘swell up’, giving
‘hill swells/rises up’ (Ogawa). Another analysis
takes as 44 ‘life, birth, grow’, with 873
(‘descend’) as phonetic with associated sense
‘luxuriant, big’, giving ‘grow luxuriantly’ (Gu).
Senses such as ‘high; prosper’ are extended
meanings. Quite a different interpretation is
adopted by Shirakawa, who alone treats as
having religious significance meaning ‘ladder
for deities (to descend and ascend)’, combined
with meaning ‘descend’ (see Appendix) and
64 ‘earth, ground’, signifying the welcoming
of deities down to Earth. Qiu indicates that
old (e.g. clerical script) forms of with
‘earth’ in place of do exist, which he takes as
consisting of combined with as phonetic
in function. Note that the modern form
has dropped the short horizontal line on the
right-side of the traditional form. OT1968:1071;
GY2008:1345; SS1984:878; QX2000:254. We
suggest taking as crossed legs.
Mnemonic: PROSPER IN LIFE, RISE HIGH, AND
SIT CROSS-LEGGED ON MOUND
The Remaining 1130 Characters 625