alt="Image"/> as a tree used for firewood, or a luxuriant rapidly-growing tree; in the graph 親, he takes it as phonetic with associated sense ‘close, near’, giving overall meaning ‘seeing those nearby’, i.e., parents, relatives. SS1984:472, 478; MS1995:v1:668-9, 1178-9.
Mnemonic: A PARENT SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR NEEDLES, EVEN FROM TREES
167
L4
図
ZU, TO, hakaru
plan, diagram
7 strokes
地図 CHIZU map
図画 ZUGA a drawing
図書館 TOSHOKAN library
Early form
Mnemonic: DIAGRAM ON PAPER SHEET SHOWS SPOT X WITH TWO POINTERS
168
L3
数
SŪ, kazu, kazoeru
number, count
13 strokes
数学 SŪGAKU mathematics
数日 SŪJITSU several days
数々 kazukazu numerous
Seal
Mnemonic: WOMAN COUNTS NUMBER OF RICE GRAINS BY HAND
169
L5
西
SEI, SAI, nishi
west
6 strokes
西洋 SEIYŌ the West
関西 KANSAI Kansai region
西日 nishibi afternoon sun
OBI
Mnemonic: TIME FOR A JAR – THE SUN IS IN THE WEST
170
L4
声
SEI, SHŌ, koe
voice
7 strokes
声援 SEIEN vocal support
大音声 DAIONJŌ loud voice
泣き声 nakigoe sobbing voice
Traditional 聲. OBI
Mnemonic: VOICE OF SAMURAI AT DOOR
171
L3
星
SEI, SHŌ, hoshi
star
9 strokes
火星 KASEI Mars
明星 MYŌJŌ Venus
流れ星 nagareboshi shooting star
Some of the OBI forms such as
Mnemonic: STARS ARE BORN FROM THE SUN
172
L3
晴
SEI, hareru
clear, bright
12 strokes
晴天 SEITEN clear sky
晴々 harebare bright
晴れ着 haregi best clothes
A very late graph; not listed in Shuowen (Schuessler gives Yupian ‘Jade Chapters’ – a Chinese dictionary compiled ca. 543AD – as an early reference). Made up of semantic element 日 66 ‘sun/bright’, with 青 45 (‘blue/green’) as phonetic with associated sense ‘clear, fresh’. OT1968:471; AS2007:431-2, 539.
Mnemonic: BRIGHT SUN AGAINST BLUE MEANS CLEAR WEATHER
173
L4
切
SETSU, SAI, kiru
cut
4 strokes
親切 SHINSETSU kindness
一切 ISSAI all
腹切り harakiri harakiri
Relatively late (Shuowen). Has 刀 198 ‘sword, knife’, and 七 32 (‘seven’, originally ‘cut’) as phonetic with associated sense ‘cut bone, cut’. In Late Han times, 七 and 切 were near-homophones. KJ1970:47-8; TA1965:778-9; AS2007:419,312.
Mnemonic: SEVEN SWORD CUTS
174
L3
雪
SETSU, yuki
snow
11 strokes
降雪 KŌSETSU snowfall
大雪 ōyuki heavy snow
除雪車 JOSETSUSHA snow plow
OBI forms