MEMOIRS CARNEGIE MUSEUM, VOL. IV PLATE XXVIII 
Meaning | Seal ‘ 
P Modern & Form, a Probable & ee 
a: iene oI IN iy Older Forms Original. Remarks. 
a 100. 
Ob- 
379 structed Tree with top cut off. Ob- 
growth, ”. solete form related to No. 380. 
wo. 
380 * Not, : Derived from No. 379, which 
pu. AN Pea 
Re 
381 on Ax \2 
Ww 
suggests negation. 
No. 380 intensified by add- 
ing ‘mouth.’  Wén-li_ or 
literary form of No. 380. 
Q Th, end eo ” 
: e e s ) v ( 2) Sn. sores <t Have HO 
bes 3 a 6 sawn?) 
! Xd > x =) bas X e Also means ‘‘ drown. 
fou. 
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=9 
MI 
+ 
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| 
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Have 
382 not, <Tt IK 
mu, 
Wo 
Derived from ‘‘woman”’ 
383 T Do not, 
tne (No. 24). 
Shuo Wén considers this to 
be an ancient flag with three 
pennants used for signalling 
cae ie 3 
i aaeee my % pennar 
Something tied with cords. 
Shuo Wén: ‘‘Unyielding. 
From ‘thongs’ [No. 197] con- 
tracted.” 
% 
wu. 
2% 
385 sng i 5 
_ Opposed, 
6 not, 
fei. 
Things (bows?) back to 
back, hence ‘‘ opposed.’’ 
tee ee 
+ WX BRK 
Z 
Y W S Sl G “Sun” obscured by 
GY “leaves”? < shady < dark << 
NaN WP * y y invisible < without. 
Shuo Wén: ‘Tree in full 
ceaf and branch.”  Signifi- 
lance not clear. 
387 Not yet, 
wer. 
Without + 
388 donot,, | & 
mo. 
tNone, , 
= Bate Kua K yey te gx ee Ss & a. g Shuo Wén: ‘Lost.’ 
CuiInesE IDEOGRAPHS. 
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*The Chinese, followi 
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far-fetched, and in fact Rea consider this to be inverted $ chth, ‘at,’ which they interpret as a bird flying to earth. This is 
“iy ee he inversion of the character for ‘at.’ I prefer to consider it as derived from No. 379, an ancient sign 
tShuo Wen: “Stop. F 
fA very obscure symbol, 
we must look to No. 207 for the 
igure of woman with lin 
ee! e across it as if prohibiting illicit conduct.”’ 
Chinese scholars haye 
made many conjectures, but none satisfactory. I venture an additional guess, to wit, that 
not be a span of horses Beene The upper part of this (No. 889) exactly corresponds to the chariot-shaft and yokes of No. 207. May it 
Hence “lacking” “without.” To this the signs “‘lost’’ and “trees”? have been added. 
from the cart? 
