Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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ケイ
八 split right and left + a variant form (Type 1 Phonetic) of 于 (bend → U-shaped) → (sacrificial) animal twisting its neck in struggling for breath → exclamatory, euphonic or emphatic particle. Compare 乎.
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