MEMOIRS CARNEGIE MuSEuM, VOL. IV. 
Meaning 
and 
Sound. 
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211 Bow, 
kung. 
219 A rrow, 
shih. 
213 Halberd, 
kuo. 
Battle 
axe, 
wu, mou. 
214 
a5 bo guard, 
shu, 
216 “Shield, 
kan. 
>, ~ [Spear 
217 lance,” 
a 
218 Helmet, 
tou, 
To draw 
219 2 bow, 
lead, 
yin, 
Three- 
229 pronged 
Y halberd, 
mao, 
221 petary, 
wu. 
299 Warn, 
kiai. 
go3 tArmy, 
kiun. 
. Soldier, 
224 weapons, 
ping. 
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Older Forms. 
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Original. 
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CHINESE IDEOGRAPHS. 
the symbol also depicts a two-pronged spear. i e a ° gene 
} By analozy with No. 213, this should depict a lance without hand guard. It now means “‘arrow”? and ‘“shoot,’? and appears only in 
Combination. 
PLATE XVI 
Remarks. 
Bow, with or without string. 
Feathered arrow. 
Ancient bronze-halberd- 
heads, exhumed in China, 
show hole for tassel. 
symbol is now used as 
an horary sign. 
Soldier (man) with halberd. 
General term for weapons. 
“Man”? with head in hel- 
met. Also means ‘‘ pocket,’ 
“*Keep.?? 
Bow and man, or hand and 
bow. 
Halberd or lance 15 feet 
long, used by charioteers. 
“Walberd’’? and ‘‘stop.’’ 
Shuo Wén: ‘To lock hal- 
berds is wu.” 
“Two hands 
Warn.”’ 
Shuo Wén: 
grasping halberd. 
Chariot in camp. 
‘Man’? with ‘‘spear’’ in 
‘Chands,”’ or ‘‘hands’’ grasp- 
ing ‘‘axe.’’ 
I suspect that 
ay i i i The first is ‘‘ people’’ in ‘‘ ca »» The second is of obscure origin. 
t The six last forms are two variants in groups of three forms each, The first is people in * campy Lhe second is of ¢ be 
