MEMOIRS CARNEGIE MUSEUM, VOL. IV, PLATE XV, 
a a Seal 
Meaning Modern § Form, Older Forms Probable Remarks. 
and Form. beh Ny AD) Ee Original. 
Sound. fae 100. 
7 Thongs, 
wer. 
I 
Knotted thongs. Shuo Wén: 
‘* Leather straps.’” 
alt 
# Fe 
a 
19g *Tunte, | $AE a er TT ‘ 
BA SiG BR 
199 T i ra mw 7h BCS 
Fa || 9 Jrrk 
Lute with 5 or 7 strings. 
Mouth-organ with 16 or 23 
pipes. 
Grain- mx Shuo Wén: ‘At first a hole 
20 tar 4 te ae in the ground ; later, hollow 
xy 2h od J Ie ie wood and stone. Form of the 
vessel with grain inside.’’ 
Obsolete symbol. Depicts 
compartments ofa kiln. (Ex- 
act origin is disputed. ) 
5 Kiln 
a hii, 
{mS 
uJ 
faa 
8) 
Ae Writing Chinese pen or brush held in 
202 brush, the hand. Cf. No. 174. 
yii. 
le | Sa | Ht 
inthy aa Pen making marks. De- 
203 pale, rived from No. 202. 
chin. Shuo Wén: ‘Penmanship.’ 
4 Zt I 
4 4 
ee % z i 
x Paper 2. 3ird-shaped kite peculiar to 
204 kite, = China 
ylian, : 
205 Shuo Wén: “To chop 
a) K ay iy aa (: wood.’? It may depict chips. 
Cart, ra of Cart with shaft for horses 
206, guint, $ ® +H Q poe abreast, as anciently in China. 
ch*é. 
Span of 
horses, : 
207 ride, Derived from 206. 
shéng, 
cheng. 
Shuo Wén: ‘‘Chou dynasty | 
> 
mune 
908 + Lurbs ry | 
208 * pant crown, called pien. | 
—y |S | eR | 4a 
ae 
§ | >> 
*& | | ele 
oy 
aa |* 
& 
|e |e BaP 
pien. 4 oh 
209 not p > OX 
chie. 
210 To seal, 
yin, 
TH 
Tess) 
| 
oe 
Fey 
aoa| ty |=) | 5B) 46+| By [nec Ss | BY] LO 
Mir 
ih 
-@is 
= 2 3 é € Pos Hand (claw) affixing a seal. | 
CuinesE IDEOGRAPHS. 
; ‘ ate as bee ac a 
*Form of the Inte. Lower part was modified to & “ metal’? as phonetic, which has been contrac ted to G 
cee viainaree et T is “hand”? and “‘bs ? were ad 
t Originally the form of the instrument, surviving in lower part of the modern symbol. To this “‘hand’’ and ‘‘ bamboo’’ were added. 
The va 
kin. | 
ariant is ra which has ‘‘ bamboo ”’ and a phonetic ‘‘hsiao.”’ 
+n i) 
[ The ornaments below the turban seem to have been altered to A “hands. 
2P Chie “knot”? is closely allied to this. Shno Wen defines it as ‘Sealing knot,” referring to the ancient cnstom of using clay seals and 
cords, : 
I suspect this depicts a seal of that sort rather than a signet of metal. 
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