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Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - gfb345 - 2010-03-31
This is a question for the more hardcore 漢字 aficionados out there.
In my copy of RTK1 at least (which is ancient), the traditional radical 尢 (#43) never gets a proper nickname. Does any of you have one?
Thanks!
PS: I've seen "crooked big" as a nickname, but it just doesn't click for me. I can't visualize a "whopperjawed St. Bernard" sufficiently distinctly to make this a useful primitive for Heisig-type stories. Ultimately, I would like to make a good story for the rare character 簪, which features a couple of 尢's buried deep inside it.
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - Tobberoth - 2010-03-31
I simply go with "dog with a broken leg".
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - rosenafglenn - 2010-03-31
I used "genetically modified dog", in that it's a dog with human legs...
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - Nukemarine - 2010-03-31
I used a "Dog humping a leg" image, but it's usually the Chronic Insult Comic Dog doing the deed.
"Very easy visualization in most Kanji stories, for me to poop on".
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - Katsuo - 2010-03-31
尢 usually appears in characters with an added drop (i.e. 尤) which Heisig calls "chihuahua with one human leg", a memorable image though a bit of a mouthful.
Rather than 尢, 簪 (kanzashi, "long ornate hairpin") contains "waitress" (旡), though it's a bit confusing because this is a radical that varies in form and stroke count.
Anyway, from a practical Heisig point of view, kanzashi is made from bamboo, two waitresses, and sun/day.
My story: In the restaurant the two waitresses are carefully putting bamboo kanzashi in their hair and as a result I have to wait all day to get served.
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - Jarvik7 - 2010-03-31
I always found Heisig's use of dogs for 大 etc to be pretty confusing. It's hard to make stories when you've got 4 or whatever types of dog primitives. I'm guessing Heisig just likes dogs (like he likes religious myths).
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - gfb345 - 2010-03-31
Katsuo Wrote:Rather than 尢, 簪 (kanzashi, "long ornate hairpin") contains "waitress" (旡), though it's a bit confusing because this is a radical that varies in form and stroke count.Thanks, I did not know 旡 ; I was going to cobble together some new Franken-primitive out 尢 and either "fishhook" or "drop + one".
On the other hand, 旡 looks a lot like 兂, which, to confuse matters further, gets translated as "hairpin". (This would suggest that "hairpin" 兂 is in fact what's inside of "ornate hairpin" 簪... Enough to drive one crazy.)
Thanks for the info, and for the story!
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - gfb345 - 2010-03-31
Thank you all for your suggestions. (I'm still chuckling at the image of Triumph humping a leg.)
Memorable nickname for 尢 ? - thecite - 2010-06-12
Katsuo Wrote:Rather than 尢, 簪 (kanzashi, "long ornate hairpin") contains "waitress" (旡), though it's a bit confusing because this is a radical that varies in form and stroke count.I learnt 簪 from Rick Harbaugh's Zhongwen, and according to that book 簪 contains the character 朁, of which the primitives are 兂 (hairpin) and not 旡 (waitress).