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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...wood. As a phonetic this has an extensive use. Under it are--jf$frl tsong, (sang, good, which is jffi with 196, "a minister," inside of it; chong, chwdng, great and strong (22, 1); f ' tseung, chiang, sauce (203, 220), contracted in tseung, chiang, the mid-finger, to take, to lead (37, 1) ts'eung, ch'idng, a wall (243, 73 d), contracted, phonetic in, - 3L, &c. From is formed another of Kanghis radicals, ( fj ) read n&i, ni, but probably more correctly, is&t, chi, disease, where, says the Phonetic Shwoh-wan, the additional line (1) may denote the " one" position of a sick person--always in bed--from which come, is&t, chi, quick (as an arrow, 171), now also used for "disease;" j. pit, pieh, unable to fly (one of those quaint characters, not in the Shwoh-wan, which cannot be analysed), and. (or Jj-, in the Shwoh-wan, mung, m&ng, to dream, contracted, 82, 179 c, 155/, 35, 56), also a radical, whence 'ffefat, hu, wakeful (183, 72), gjf (39, 72), ' (37, 25, 37). &c. On page 42 after read " obscure," and for 25 read 35. 119 5" ( ) ya, teeth that pass each other, tusks; not regular. This has an extensive use as a phonetic. Two derivatives requiring notice are--sfJ5 ye, yeh, the name of a place (73, 40), now used as an expletive, and erroneously writtenfS (195), also used for the next; ts'e, hsieh, awry, slanting, involved, depraved (184). It has also a few derivatives as a radical, e.g., ch'un, cfcwan, to bore through (with the tusks, 175); Jf'Sf' k'i, ch'i, tigers' teeth, (59, 44 r, 72) phc. ( 55 ) Jito hand over, to pass from hand to hand, to give, similar This is an important phonetic. Among its derivatives are-- ?T yeyeh, desert (146, 87); ch'ii, ch'u, a species of quercus (127), ...
