巽
ソン, たつみ

southeast

JLPT1 G13 S0 F2061

The relevant seal inscription form is a variant of 从# a variant form of 從 follow + 廾 pair of hands → arrange people so that they follow in close, circular formation (compare 遵). *Southeast* is a borrowed meaning. In derivative characters, 巽 is also written in the variant form seen on the righthand side of 噀, 撰 and 饌.

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