Horse, 36.
Hwang ti, 1, 71.
Hwei yi, 153, 157.
Hu shu chung, 151.

Ideas, symbols of, 152.

Ideographs, pictures of objects, 41, 142.
Extensive use of the mouth and hand, 41.
Analogy between the formation of charac-
ters and the origin of words, 42. Outline
pictures, 43. Four in one character, 161.
Initials. T to ch, 183. P to f, 183. Sonant
to surd, 185.

Ink, 143, origin of Chinese, 143.

Inscriptions, 146.

Insect, chung, 31, 174.

Jade, 25.

Japanese, 180, 209.

Japanese transcription, 180, 210.

Kan on, 180, 181.

K'ang hi's dictionary, 17.

Kia tsie, borrowed characters, 153, examples,

164.

Kiai shu, writing of this name, 148.

Knife, tau, as a graving and perhaps writing
implement, 143, 144.

Ku wen, ancient writing, 145, 200.

Ku yen wu, a student of old sounds, 18.
Kwo p'u 178, 197.

Leather, 26, 35.

Leg, tsu, 12, 20, jeu, 27. Two legs, 13, 26.
Letter changes. M to ng, 174. Sonant to
surd, 185. Aspirated mutes, 188. Throat
letters, 189. Palatal letters, 196. Tooth
letters, 198. K to ch, 184.

Li si, his agency in changing the mode of
writing, 147.

Li shu, old writing of this name, 147.
Li yang ping, 155.

Lieu wen, old writing of this name, 145, 146.
Lu shu, six principles of writing, 152.

Silk, balls, 9, 15, 16, 28; industry, 48.

Six principles of formation in characters, 151.
Skin, 26.

Small, 195.

Son, 193.

Sounds, history of, sources of information on
old sounds, 166.

Sow, 201.

Spear, kwo, 18; shu, 21; meu, 27.

Species and genus, 44, 45.

Spirits, 27, 45.

Splinter, pien, 24.

Spoon, 8, 22.

Square, 8, 20.

Stand, 27.

Stone, 27; Stone Drums, 146.
Stop, 20, tik, 62.

Strips or slips, kan, 15; p'ien, 24; t'se 68.
Strokes, 3, 4, 19, 43; of Callery, 50; two
pairs of strokes crossing, 24.