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Appendix I.
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Wu is a picture of a signal staff with three streamers; hence the idea of a warning not to do something.
Shih is composed of two obsolete characters meaning to bring together the fragrance of grain.
80H. | 免 | 罪 | 處 | and so avoid being punished. | |
Mien3 | tsui4 | ch'u3 | |||
Avoid | guilt | punishment |
Mien is not given in the Shuo Wên, and is supposed to be a contraction of an obsolete word with the same meaning.
Tsui was originally composed of 辛 hsin acrid and 自 tzŭ self. It has been suggested that the change was brought about by taboo, as in many other characters.
Ch'u see line 10.