MEMOIRS CARNEGIE MUSEUM, VOL, IV 
Meaning 
and 
Sound. 
ee Target, 
226 Marquis, 
hou. 
g97 Destroy, 
fa. 
208 Frontier, 
kiung. 
Troops, 
229 traveller, 
lit. 
Flag, 
280, banner, 
ka, 
231 Camp, 
ying. 
239 “Shield, 
tun, shun. 
233 Em peror, 
huang. 
234 King, 
wang, 
Rank 
Se > 
235 els 8, 
pan. 
+ Com- 
plete, 
ting. 
236 
Officer, 
237 _ Sir, 
scholar, 
shih. 
Chief, 
great, 
hii. 
238 
PLATE XVII, 
Remarks. 
“Wand” drawing a ‘‘ bow” 
gradually changed to ‘‘ body’? 
and ‘‘inch.’’ 
7, Seal 
Modern 8 inein Oldewihonne Probable 
Form. S AAD) Se aes Seger Original. 
ieee) NO 
\, ; 
oy tl yt Sk ae ahd lege 
IAP US 
Z| Ale F 
fg MR RR REG 
(7 ? 
Perhaps ‘‘arrow’’ hitting 
target, to which ‘‘man’’ was 
added. 
AB 
His Tk A 
“Man”? and ‘‘halberd.’’ 
Same root as No. 215. 
AR 
(o\ PL AL tel 
“Camp” or ‘‘guard-house,’” 
suggesting frontier. 
aI 
fan (@) ar. fan 
“Men? 
‘banner. 
? marching under a 
” 
(@) 
Yim 
ten Fe ie ea te 
Depicts floating banner with 
‘““axe’’ beneath. (Significance 
of ‘faxe’’ obscure. ) 
ara 
> 
vps 
So 
So 
Aa 
= 
with 
KR 
‘Fire’? and ‘‘camp,’’ 
ie) 
| fo! | tents (?). 
Symbol of 
(S) eyes. 
protection for 
From ‘self’? and ‘‘king,’’ 
“self ruler,” ‘sole ruler.”’ 
KH 
beads, still worn in China as 
sign of authority. 
‘ Possibly a string of jade 
tH 
“Knife” and two ‘‘jade”’ 
jects. Refers to buttons 
to distinguish rank. 
Bee 
“Officer” (No. 237) and 
“man.” 
Origin obscure. Perhaps 
allied to ® ‘‘great.’” 
nal 
Be a 
Origin obscure. Suggests 
9, 
6 ® 
*Shuo Wen: “ Shield. 
Cutnesrt [proGRApPHs. 
Likeness of that with which one protects the body and eyes.”’ 
The resemblance to a shield is not clear. 
t By some chance this has been classed by Chinese lexicographers under + “‘earth’’ instead of under + “ officer.’?” 
