From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
Subject: kanji of the day ?50
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:48:06 GMT

KANJI OF THE DAY # 50

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

(Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)

JIS      = 2828 (serial number)
shiftJIS = 9047 (hexcode)
NELSON   = 4305
MIYAMOTO = 13-333
KUNZE    =

   OnYomi: SHOKU
  Kunyomi: fu(reru) - to touch, to feel, to hit, to strike,
                      to mention; to conflict with, to proclaim,
                      to be contrary to
           fu(re)   - touch, contact

Mnemonics:  "The pointed end of an excavator"

Derivation:

This is the old form (JIS serial number = 6985, ShiftJIS hex code = E65C)

        Horn (of animal)
         V
    **              **                  ****
    ****    ****    **************************
    **************  ****    **    **    ****
    ****    ****    ****    **    **    ****
    **      **      ****    **    **    ****  <-- the right hand part
  ****      **      ************************      stands for "salt mine
  **      **        ****  **            ****      excavation" or
**  **************        ******                  province "Szechuan"
    **    **    **        ****            ****
    **    **    **      ************************
    **    **    **      **    **          ****
    **************    ****    **          ****
    **    **    **    ****************    ****
    **    **    **  **  **    **    **    ****
    **    **    **      **    **    **    ****
    **************      **    **    **    ****
    **          **      **************    ****
    **          **            **          ****
    **          **            **  **      ****
    **          **            **  ****    ****
  ****          **  **************  **  ******
  **            **    ******            ****
  **      ********    **      ^     ********
**            ****            |        ****
        ^                 silk moth
body of the animal       (signifying "rope" or such)

Compounds:

SHOKUshu   -  feeler, tentacle
FUre-komu  -  to announce, to protend to be, to pass off for, to pose as
SHOKUhatsu -  contact detonation
SHOKkaku   -  sense of touch

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A few more words for the technically minded:

ba-tte-rii-pa-kku        -   battery pack
bi-gi-naa-zu             -   beginners
be-su-to-se-raa          -   best seller
be-taa-po-ra-i-su        -   better price
bi-tto                   -   bit
boo-do                   -   board
bu-ji-ne-su-yuu-su       -   business use
ba-su-i-n-ta-fe-i-su     -   bus interface
ba-i-to                  -   byte
kee-bu-ru                -   cable
kya-sshu-di-su-ku        -   cache disk
ka-ri-fo-ru-ni-a         -   california
kya-ri-n-gu-kee-su       -   carrying case
ka-se-tto                -   casette
ka-ta-ro-gu              -   catalog
kya-ra-ku-ta             -   character

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Kurt Stueber
e-mail: stueber@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de
Tel:  +49-221-5062537
Fax:  +49-221-5062513

This is Nr. 0050
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