The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji. Kenneth G. Henshall
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UN, kumo
cloud
12 strokes
星雲 SEIUN nebula
浮雲 ukigumo drifting cloud
雲行き kumoyuki turn of events
Based on pictograph of a cloud
Mnemonic: RAIN FROM HEAVENLY CLOUDS
84
L3
園
EN, sono
park, garden
13 strokes
公園 KŌEN park
動物園 DŌBUTSUEN zoo
花園 hanazono flower garden
Late graph (Shuowen)
Mnemonic: AT OPENING OF ENCLOSED PARK, FUNNY CLOTHES GET SOILED
85
L4
遠
EN, tōi
distant
13 strokes
遠足 ENSOKU excursion
遠視 ENSHI longsighted
遠回り tōmawari detour
The determinative 辶 derives from 彳 131 ‘road, go’ and 止 143 ‘stop’ (originally, picto-graph of foot, hence also ‘go’). Right element is CO 袁 84 with semantic role as well as phonetic. Beyond that, views diverge, depending on meaning given to 袁. Katō and Ogawa broadly agree the basic sense of 袁 is ‘long’, thus ‘long movement’. Shirakawa, by contrast, sees it as ritualistic sending off of a deceased person on their last distant journey. Tōdō differs, taking linguistic form of the full graph 遠 as a member of a word family with the basic meaning of ‘make room, give latitude’. KJ1970:109-10; OT1968:1010; SS1984:59; TA1960:624-31. As with 84, we suggest 袁 as 土 64 ‘soil’, 囗 22 ‘opening’ and
Mnemonic: GO TO DISTANT OPENING TO SEE FUNNY SOILED CLOTHES
86
L5
何
KA, nan(i)
what? how many?
7 strokes
何回 nanKAI how often?
何歳 nanSAI how old?
何者 nanimono who?
Ma and Shirakawa see the OBI form
Mnemonic: WHAT!? HOW MANY LOADS CAN A PERSON CARRY!?
87
L3
科
KA
course, section
9 strokes
科学 KAGAKU science
学科 GAKKA school subject
英語科 EIGOKA English Dept
Combines 禾, based on pictograph of grain plant
Mnemonic: A COURSE ON MEASURES FOR GRAIN PLANTS
88
L4
夏
KA, GE, natsu
summer
10 strokes
初夏 SHOKA early summer
真夏 manatsu midsummer
夏至 GESHI summer solstice
Traditional 夏. Early forms (bronze) such as