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2131
L1
賄
WAI, makanau
bribe, provide, board
13 strokes
WAIRObribe, bribery
SHŪWAItaking a bribe
makanaiHIcharge for board
Seal ; a late graph (Shuowen). Consists
of 10 ‘shellfish, shell money’, with 423
(‘have’) as phonetic with associated sense
taken as i] ‘force on (someone)’ or ‘make a gift’,
thus ‘make a gift of money’ (Katō), or ii] ‘put
forward’, thus ‘make gift of valuables’ (Ogawa),
or iii] ‘keep, store’, giving ‘valuables which
are stored’ (Tōdō). A negative connotation
evolved later from the basic meaning ‘provide’,
leading to the sense ‘bribe’. KJ1970:933;
OT1968:958; TA1968:139-43; GY2008:1056.
Mnemonic: PROVIDE SHELL-MONEY FOR
BRIBES
2132
脇
waki, KYŌ
side, armpit, flank
L1
10 strokes
wakinoshitaarmpit
wakimeside glance
KYŌSOKUarmrest
Seal () ; a late graph (Shuowen). Shuowen
has , consisting of 209 (‘flesh,
meat; body’), with (‘combined strength,
put together’ [< ‘strength’ 78]) as phonetic
with associated sense ‘hold between, insert
between’, giving ‘either side of stomach
between elbows’, i.e. ‘side (of torso)’, and by
extension ‘armpit’. A further extended sense
is ‘threaten’, based on the concept of being
enclosed on both sides, and to represent
this meaning unambiguously there later
arose the convention of writing the constituent
elements differently, as 1225 (q.v.).
The meaning of ‘threaten’ for 2132 is no
longer in use. KJ1970:360; GY2008:680-81;
TA1965:860-62.
Mnemonic: BODY HAS TRIPLE STRENGTH AT
SIDES AND ARMPITS
2133
惑
WAKU, madou
Bronze ; seal . Has 164 ‘heart, mind,
be confused
feelings’, with (CO; ‘defend defined area
L1
12 strokes
with arms’ [see /136 ‘country, state’, and
‘area’ 828]) as phonetic, with associated
MEIWAKUtrouble
sense as i] ‘doubt’, giving ‘feel doubt and
WAKUSEIplanet
indecision’ (Katō), or ii] ‘be confined’, giving
tomadoiconfusion
‘feel constrained’ (Tōdō). MS1995:v1:514-5;
KJ1970:934; TA1965:139-43.
Mnemonic: HAVE CONFUSED FEELINGS AT
STAKED-OUT AREA
2134
枠
waku
frame, spindle
L1
8 strokes
wakugumiframework
wakunashiframeless
wakuNAIwithin limits
A graph devised in Japan (kokuji) based on
formational principles of Chinese characters.
Has ‘wood’ 73, with ‘frame for winding
thread’ (see 1372), thus ‘wooden threadwinding
frame’; sense generalized to ‘frame’.
OT1968:496. Take as ‘nine’ 13 and ‘ten’
35.
Mnemonic: FRAME MADE FROM NINETEEN
PIECES OF WOOD
642 The Remaining 1130 Characters