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2098
L1
倫
RIN
principles, ethics
10 strokes
RINRIprinciples, ethics
JINRINmorality
ZETSURINpeerless
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists of
41 ‘person’, with 631 (CO, ‘align bound
bamboo/wooden tablets’; see Note below)
as phonetic with associated sense ‘order’
sequence’, giving ‘orderly personal relations’,
and hence ‘principles, ethics’. Note: con-
sists of 亼 ‘collect, bring together’ (originally,
pictograph of lid/cover over something
[Shuowen erroneously analyses as three
things put together]), over 884 ‘(slim)
bound volume’, giving ‘(number of slim) volumes
bound together in order’. GY2008:98;
OT1968:72; KJ1970:910-11.
Mnemonic: PERSON ALIGNED ACCORDING
TO ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Or: PERSON PUTS COVER OVER BAMBOO
TABLETS ABOUT ETHICS
2099
隣
RIN, tonari
neighbor, adjoin
L1
16 strokes
RINSHITSUnext room
RINSETSUadjacency
tonariauadjoin
Seal () ; a late graph (Shuowen). Originally
consists of / ‘village, settlement’
(normally right-hand 376, not left-hand
262, which signifies ‘hill, mound’ etc.), combined
with 粦 (CO; for meanings, see Note
below) as phonetic with associated sense
‘lined up, side by side’, giving ‘village/settlement
with dwellings arranged side by side’.
By extension, ‘neighboring’ and ‘adjoin’. It is
not clear as to when exactly the element
was relocated. Note: 粦 is taken in one view
as the modified version of 㷠 , consisting of
1050 ‘flames’, combined with 336 (‘feet
pointed in opposite directions’) as semantic
and phonetic meaning ‘stamp on and
scatter’; overall meaning: ‘flames scattered
through stamping’, or ‘flickering flames, willo’-the-wisp’
(Mizukami). Alternatively, based
on one of the bronze forms for 粦 , another
commentator interprets the top element
differently as 56 (‘big’) representing ‘person’,
and takes the short dot-like strokes as
drops of blood dripping down, with overall
meaning ‘human sacrifice made before
ladder for deities (to descend and ascend)’
(Shirakawa). The latter view is based in part
on Shirakawa’s idiosyncratic interpretation
of left-hand (abbreviated form of
1907 when occurring as left-hand element),
which is usually taken to mean ‘hill, mound,
etc.’. MS1995:v2:1340-41,v1:808-09,796-7;
OT1968:1075; TA1965:477-80; SS1984:890-
92. Taking modern form, albeit with an error,
we suggest ‘rice’ 220, 336 as opposed
feet/stamp, and ‘mound’ .
Mnemonic: NEIGHBORS STAMP ON MOUND
OF RICE!
2100
瑠
RU
lapis lazuli
L1
14 strokes
RURIlapis lazuli
RURIiroazure
JŌRURIJōruri ballad drama
Seal (