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2095
瞭
RYŌ
clear, obvious
L1
17 strokes
RYŌZENclear, obvious
FUMEIRYŌunclear
ICHIMOKURYŌZENclear
Late, post-Shuowen graph. In Yupian (6 th
century). Has 76 ‘eye’, with (see 2092
Note) as phonetic with associated sense
‘bright’, thus ‘bright/clear pupils (of eyes)’.
GY2008:1929; OT1968:703. SS1984:888. Take
as ‘big’ 56, ‘eight’ 70, ‘sun’ 66, and
‘little’ 38.
Mnemonic: MY BIG EYE CLEARLY SEES EIGHT
OBVIOUS LITTLE SUN-SPOTS
2096
糧
RYŌ, RŌ, kate
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Has 220
provisions, food
‘rice’ (originally ‘grain’ [more general sense]),
L1
18 strokes
with 630 (‘measure, quantity’), typically
taken in one view as phonetic with associated
RYŌDŌsupplies
sense ‘pure, good (quality)’, giving ‘pure/
SHOKURYŌprovisions
good quality cereal grain’ (Ogawa, Tōdō). Alternatively,
HYŌRŌarmy provisions
is taken as a sack of fixed size
for measuring grain, giving ‘provisions of
fixed amount’ (Shirakawa). Either view leads
to ‘provisions’ and – as a generalized sense
– ‘materials’ and ‘measure’. OT1968:765;
TA1965:360-62; SS1984:888.
Mnemonic: MEASURED QUANTITY OF RICE
MAKES UP PROVISIONS
2097
厘
RIN
sen was one hundredth of a yen. Note 1:
tiny amount, rin (coin) is comprised of