From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
Subject: kanji of the day #30
Date: 12 Aug 92 13:59:29 GMT
Distribution: fj

KANJI OF THE DAY # 30

(26-dot version)

    1*            ****
    ****2***************  12                ****
    ****      3*          ****11*******************
    ****      **          ****
    ****      **          ****            13
    ****4*************    ****            ******
    ****      **          ****  14        ****
    ****      **          ****    **      ****
    ****      **          ****      **  ****
    ****5*************    ****      **  ****
    ****      **          ****        ****
    ****      **          ****        ****
    ****      **  ****    ****        **  **
    ****6***************  ****      ****  ****
    ****            **    ****      **      **
                    **    ****    ****      ****
    7*  8*  9*  10  **    ****    **        ****
    **  **  **  **  **    ****  **          ****
    **  **          **    ******
  ****            ****    ****
  ****            ****    ****              ****
                ****      ************************
          **********      ****
              ****        ****

(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 2052 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 8BEC (hexcode)
NELSON   = 5200
MIYAMOTO = 14-348
KUNZE    = 30-50

   OnYomi: KU
  Kunyomi: ka(keru)  - to run, to gallop
           ka(rareru) - be carried away by.

Mnemonics:  "to gallop on a riding ground"

Derivation: (also 18-dot version)

     Horse's head
     v

    ****************  ************
    **      **        **
    **      **        **
    **************    **  **  **
    **      **        **  **  **   <-- old form looks like this:
    **      **        **  **  **                 V
    **************    **    **           ***************
    **      **        **    **           **
    **      **        **    **           **     *****
    ****************  **  **  **         **     *   *
                  **  **  **  **         **     *****
  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **         **
  **  **  **  **  **  **                 **  ***** *****
  **            ****  **                 **  *   * *   *
            ******    ************       **  ***** *****
  ^          ^         ^                 **
  four legs  tail      riding ground     ***************

Compounds:

KA(ke)mawa(ru)  - bustle about, run around
KUchuu          - deworming
KA(ke)tou(ru)   - run through
zenrinKUdou     - driving force fo front wheels

14-dot version:

    ************************
    **  **      **      **
    **********  **      **
    **  **      ****    **
    **********  **  ****
    **  **      **    **
    **********  **    **
        **  **  **  **  **
    **********  **  **  **
    **********  ****
    ****    **  **
  **        **  ************
        ****    **


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There is some discussion how a horse's kanji is written and some
recommend the following starting strokes:


1. stroke    1.+2. stroke

  ******      ******
              *
              *
              ******
                   *
                   *
                  *

etc. fusing strokes #1 and 6, which would reduce the stroke count by one.

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