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Tzŭ see.

Ch'in see.

K'u is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with 古 ku ancient, and is said to have originally meant the liquorice plant. Its modern sense is bitter and by extension toilsome, poverty-stricken; hence the imported word coolie has been written in Chinese 苦力 k'u li, poverty and strength.

Ju see. [Eitel again strangely translates by "perchance." Zottoli is also wrong with "sicut." His "quoad" under was much more to the point. The word is here used in an introductory sense.]

Nang has a portion of 束 shu to bind (lines, ) appearing as part of the old radical, and also a portion of 襄 hsiang as phonetic. It is now classed under radical 口 k'ou mouth.

Ying is composed of 虫 ch'ung insect as radical, with a common phonetic. [The reference is to 車引 Ch'ê Yin of the 4th cent. A.D., who was too poor to pay for a candle and adopted the above expedient. Eitel wrongly reads Kü Yin, being always ch'ê as a surname. Zottoli has 允 yün instead of 引 yin. Both occur, but the latter seems to be correct.]

Ju see.