Meaning 
and 
Sound. 
Modern 
Form. 
Radical. 
Seal 
Form, 
MEMOIRS CARNEGIE MusEuUM, VOL. IV. 
Older Forms. 
Probable 
Original. 
Look, 
267 see, lS 
kien. 
pa 
26g Reverse, 
ms 8 
[Pa 
agg Self, t 
tsi, e| 
_. Fear, 
270 excited, } 
kung. 
“E 
a 
971 To return 
271 hut. : \g] 
279 Pendant, 
ch'ui. 
273 Eminent, fy 
yao. 
& A oe 
a 
+ | 3 | 
r+ 
Tu 
= 
_ Value ito 
275 precious, ER 
pao. iat 
278 unite “A 
kiao. a» 
Mark, 
x 
5 _ 
sign, 
wen, 
fee | eS 
yen, — > 
a |* 1S 
* Sound = a ane on oo _ 
wala lalely 27 PLES 
yin, = we 
5) | Se Ss v 
Blend, Pees A ‘p bAS Cao aN 
>Y | >| Gee | eo | 
289 To cut, 
pa. 
J 
DS 
Se 
fae 
Considers No, 277 
as in speech, 
the doubtful 
A very interesting pair of symbols. 
Curinese [proGRAPHS. 
Though the modern forms differ widely, the old forms prove them to be closely related. 
as derived from No. 276 by adding the sign for ‘one.’’ 
PLATE XX, 
Remarks. 
Light issuing from the eye. 
(In accord with peculiar no- 
tion among the Chinese. ) 
Reversed body, hence to 
“turn back,’”’ obsolete, ¢f. No. 
92 
““Nose’ (see No. 33). (A 
Chinaman points to his nose to 
indicate self. ) 
Hands raised as in terror. 
(Used only in combination. ) 
Shuo Wén: ‘‘To revolve.” 
Probably a whirlpool, hence 
“to return.” 
A pendant flower, ¢. g., wis- 
taria. 
“ Barth,’ piled up, hence 
“high.” Later, sign for 
‘high. , sig 
“ platform’? was added. 
“Two men seated upon the 
ground’’—a common posture 
in China. 
«Jade beads,’’ “jar” and 
“‘shell’’ (objects of value) 
under a ‘roof.’ (A good 
ideograph. ) 
Symbolizes words issuing 
from the mouth, hence speech. 
Probably No. 276; ‘speech’? ) 
with ‘Sone’? added to denote 
‘*single utterance’? hence 
CeOUOr 
Blended or united lines. 
Symbolic of union. Cf. Nos. 
279 and 338. 
Blended lines as in writing. 
Probably of same origin as 
No. 278. 
Signifies bisection. | Coin- 
cides with sign for ‘‘eight,’”’ 
which may have separate root. 
Shuo Wén 
This should signify a simple utterance instead of a succession of sounds 
Shuo Wén’s further exposition of the relation of thought in the heart to utterance is only confusing, for it must be based upon 
assumption that No. 277 once had the sign for “ heart’? underneath. 
