REMMBERING KANJI - PART 2

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REMMBERING KANJI - PART 2lesson 5 51 * In the form of the kanji, this primitive means a dagger. When it appears to the right of another element, it is commonly stretched out like this § and takes the sense of a great and µashing saber, a meaning it gets from a character we shall learn later (frame 1671). blade 84 ` Think of using a dagger as a razor blade, and it shouldn’t be hard to imagine cutting yourself. See the little drop of blood clinging to the blade? [3] §ª« cut 85 × To the right we see the dagger and next to it the number seven whose primitive meaning we decided would be diced (frame 7). It is hard to think of cutting anything with a knife without imagining one of those skillful Japanese chefs. Only let us say that he has had too much to drink at a party, grabs a dagger lying on the mantelpiece and starts dicing up everything in sight, starting with the hors d’oeuvres and going on to the fur- niture and the carpets…. [4] ¬−°± seduce 86 ª A sword or dagger posed over a mouth is how the character for “beckoning” is written. The related but less tame key word seduce was chosen because it seemed to ³t better with the— how shall we put it?—Freudian implications of the kanji. (Observe if you will that it is not sure whether the long slender object is seducing the small round one or vice versa.) [5] ²³´µ·52 Remembering the Kanji * The primitive meaning remains the same: seduce. Just be sure to associate it with a very concrete image. shining 87 Å Let the key word suggest shining one’s shoes, the purpose of which is to seduce the sun down on them for all to see. [9] ¸¹º»¼½¾ ¿À rule 88 ’ The character depicts a clam alongside a great and µashing saber. Think of digging for clams in an area where there are gaming rules governing how large a ³nd has to be before you can keep it. So you take your trusty saber, which you have care- fully notched like a yardstick, crack open a clam and then measure the poor little beastie to see if it is as long as the rules say it has to be. [9] ÁÂÃÄÅÆÇ ÈÉ * wealth & To prepare for following frame, we introduce here a somewhat rare primitive meaning wealth. It takes its meaning from the common image of the overwealthy as overfed. More speci³- cally, the kanji shows us one single mouth devouring all the harvest of the ³elds, presumably while those who labor in them go hungry. Think of the phrase exactly as it is written when you draw the character, and the disposition of the elements is easy. [9] ËÌÍÎÏÏÐÑÒlesson 5 53 vice- 89 O The key word vice- has the sense of someone second-in-com- mand. The great and µashing saber to the right (its usual loca- tion, so you need not worry about where to put it from now on) and the wealth on the left combine to create an image of dividing one’s property to give a share to one’s vice-wealth- holder. [11] ÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚ ÛÜÝ separate 90 ƒ In the Old East, the samurai and his saber were never sepa- rated. They were constant companions, like the cowboy of the Old West and his six-shooter. This character depicts what must have been the height of separation-anxiety for a samurai: to be bound up with a rope and unable to get at his saber leaning only a few feet away from him. Look at that mouth bellowing out for shame and sorrow! Note the order in which the element for tied up is written— just as it had been with the character for ten thousand. [7] Þßàáâãä stree ...