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 somewhat like its archaic form, over 貝 pei pearl-oyster, wealth, as radical; q.d. that which man relies upon, hence to rely upon, and later to bear on the back, to turn the back, to be ungrateful.

Hsin is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with 新 hsin new as phonetic. It means firewood. [The reference is to 朱買臣 Chu Mai-ch'ên who died B.C. 116. He carried on his studies while engaged in work as a woodcutter.]

Ju see lines,.

Kua is composed of 手 shou hand as radical, with 卦 kua diagram as phonetic. Its original form was 挂, and it was said to mean to draw, a picture.

Chio is supposed to be a picture of an animal's horn. It further means angle, corner, and is also read and. [The reference is to 李密 Li Mi of the 3rd cent. A.D., who when riding his buffalo afield, read from one book and hung the others on the buffalo's horns.]

Shên see.

Sui see. Again Eitel has "indeed."

Lao is composed of 力 li strength as radical, and a contraction of 熒 jung or ying blazing as phonetic. It is explained as using strength to put out a fire, toilsome, laborious.