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  2. From: stueber@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.DBP.DE
  3. Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.nihongo
  4. Subject: Kanji of the day ?65
  5. Message-ID: <319056@nttlab.ntt.JP>
  6. Date: 20 Nov 92 10:46:00 GMT
  7. Sender: daemon@nttlab.ntt.JP
  8. Distribution: fj
  9. Lines: 105
  10. Approved: news@nttlab.ntt.JP
  11.  
  12. KANJI OF THE DAY # 65
  13.  
  14.       2*****      6*                      ****
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  29.   3*  ****        ****    **    11****
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  38.  
  39. (Numbers indicate order and beginning of strokes)
  40.  
  41. JIS      = 1424 (serial number)
  42. shiftJIS = 88AC (hexcode)
  43. NELSON   = 1963
  44. MIYAMOTO = 12-159
  45. KUNZE    =
  46.  
  47.    OnYomi: AKU
  48.   Kunyomi: nigi(ru) - to clasp, to hold, to seize, to make (sushi balls),
  49.                       to assume (power)
  50.            nigi(rasu) - to let (someone) take hold of your hand
  51.            nigi(ri) - grasp, grip, handful, handle, rice ball, sushi ball
  52.  
  53. Mnemonics:  "A house holder has his family well in hands"
  54.  
  55. Derivation:
  56.  
  57.     hand (to hold)
  58.        V
  59.       ******      **                      ****
  60.       ****        ******************************
  61.       ****        ****                    **** <-- person (householder)
  62.       ****        ****                    ****
  63.       ****        ****                    ****
  64.       ****  ****  ****************************
  65. **********************
  66.       ****        ****                  ****
  67.       ****        ****  ********************** <-- inner recesses
  68.       ****        ****        ****                 (enclosed area)
  69.       ****        ****        ****    **           = house
  70.       ****    **  ****        **        **
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  74.   **  ****        ****    **    ******
  75.       ****      ****            ****
  76.       ****      ****            ****    ****
  77.       ****      ****    ********************** <-- earth, place
  78.       ****      **              ****
  79.       ****    ****              ****
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  82.     ****
  83.  
  84. The right part can also be understood as a door plus a
  85. shortened version of SHITSU=room.
  86.  
  87. Compounds:
  88.  
  89. NIGIriya  -  a miser, grasping fellow
  90. NIGIritsubusu - to crush, to crumple; shelve table
  91.  
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  93.  
  94. My latest visit to the book shop resulted in the following wish for Xmas:
  95.  
  96. "Dictionary of Modern Kanji Usage" (or so)
  97.  
  98. Kanjis are sorted by grades of frequency (difficulty?) and many
  99. examples of compounds are given. Etymology is only scarcely mentioned.
  100. Unfortunately the price is at 110,- DM (in Germany) :-(...
  101.  
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  103. Kurt Stueber   ($$B%/%k%H$CJ)
  104. e-mail: stueber@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de
  105. Tel:  +49-221-5062537                     _________   / \\
  106. Fax:  +49-221-5062513                    /         -- \ //
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  109.  
  110. Back issues of the "Kanji OF The Day" postings (1-50) can be found at:
  111. uesama.tjp.washington.edu  or ftp.uwtc.washington.edu  (128.95.202.40)
  112. in directory /pub/Japanese/KanjiOfTheDay
  113.  
  114. This is number 0065
  115.  
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  117.