隅 グウ すみ
JY f1602 623
nook, corner
一隅・いちぐう・
KUN - corner, nook, angle
隅々・すみずみ・every nook and corner
片隅・かたすみ・coner, nook
"Terraced hill" together with "clawless scorpion with twisted tail" giving idea of convoluted and not clear but also twisting/undulating. Originally referred to a hidden recess or hollow in a terraced or undulating hillside but then came to mean nook and by association corner (looking in - not looking at, which would be kado, kaku etc).
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