From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Subject: kanji of the day ?39
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:10:12 GMT

KANJI OF THE DAY # 39


                1*        7*        ****
    2***        ******    ****8***********
        ****  ******      ****      ****
            ******        ****      ****
            ****          ****      ****
          ****  ****      ****      ****
        ****      ****    ****      ****
    ****          ****    **        ****
****                    ****        ************
          4*****        **            **********
          ****        **
          ****    **                  ****
3*********************  9*******************
          ****            10          ****
        *5****              **        ****
        ******6*            **      ****
      ********  ****          **    ****
      **  ****    ****        ********
    ****  ****    ****          ****
  ****    ****                ********
**        ****              ****    ******
          ****            ****        **********
          ****          ****            ******
          ****      ****                  ****

(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 2450 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 8E45 (hexcode)
NELSON   = 2454
MIYAMOTO = 10-205
KUNZE    = 89-5

   OnYomi: SATSU, SAI
  Kunyomi: koro(su)   -  to kill, to murder, to butcher;
                         to waste (money); to suppress (anger);
                         to hold (breath); to put out, to strike out
           koro(shi)  -  murder
           so(gu)     -  (v.t.) to chip, to slice off, to cut aslant,
                         to spoil, to mar, to dampen
           so(geru)   -  (v.i.) to split, to splinter, to be sunken,
                         to be sharpened, to miss the mark


Mnemonics:  "Lynching"

Derivation:
           bundle             tool
            V                  V
                **        **        ****
    ****        ******    ****************
        ****  ******      ****      ****    In the original version
            ******        ****      ****    of this sign a small stroke
            ****          ****      ****    was added between the bundle
          ****  ****      ****      ****    and the tree to indicate
        ****      ****    ****      ****    something "hanging", location
    ****          ****    **        ****             marked with a +.
****                    ****        ************
          ******  +     **            **********     <--------
          ****        **
          ****    **                  ****
**********************  ********************
          ****            **          ****
        ******              **        ****
        ********            **      ****
      ********  ****          **    ****
      **  ****    ****        ********
    ****  ****    ****          ****
  ****    ****                ********
**        ****              ****    ******
          ****            ****        **********
          ****          ****            ******
          ****      ****                  ****
          ^                   ^
          tree               hand

KUNZE talks about a bundle of millet (signified by the tree with
the now missing stroke on top) being cut (to death) with the
diverse tools signified by the right hand part of the sign.


Compounds:

   SATSUjin   -  homicide, murder
   SAPpuukei  -  tasteless, dreary
   jiSATSU    -  suicide
   miGOROSHI  -  letting (someone) die before ones eyes without helping
   souSAI     -  offset each other, plus and minus equal zero


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On TV I saw a Japanese plotter equipped with a normal looking brush
(fude) writing greeting cards with kanji of artistic quality.

Why should I learn to do it myself? :-)

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Kurt Stueber
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