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Italy

On-Yomi: イ — Kun-Yomi: かれ

Elements:

italy, person, mop

Primitive:

mop The only thing distinguiinges a mop from a rake is the bent handle that does not cut through the top horizontal stroke. It depicts the swish-swash motion of a mop. [4]

Heisig story:

Used chiefly in proper names, and given the sound "i," this kanji can be remembered as an abbreviation of Italy, for which it is still used today in Japan. Its primitives: person . . . mop.

Koohii stories:

1) [dihutenosa] 11-9-2007(150): The "boot" of Italy has gotten Europe all muddy. Who else could mop it up but Mr T?

2) [fuaburisu] 25-10-2005(69): Here I have Mister T cleaning up with a mop, a real mess of spaghetti, in front of the Piza (in Italy).

3) [DrJones] 18-1-2008(47): The radical on the right looks to me like a fork holding a spaghetti. In Italia is pretty common to see people eating spaghetti.

4) [Shibo] 17-5-2008(40): Mr. T is so excited to be Italy! Wow!! He gets off the plane and sees what must be an Italian delicacy! Spaghetti on a stick! look at those huuuuuge noodles! T is chowing down. Meanwhile, the airport janitor is wondering why Mr. T is eating his mop…

5) [sgrant] 26-11-2008(13): Luke Skywalker in Italy, mop-in-hand working as a cleaner for a pizza restaurant. Sometimes, when nobody is around, he pretends the mop is a lightsaber, reliving his glory days.

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