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On-Yomi: セツ、サイ — Kun-Yomi: き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れ

Elements:

cut, seven, diced, sword, dagger

Heisig story:

To the right we see the dagger and next to it the number seven whose primitive meaning we decided would be diced (Frame 7). It is hard to think of cutting anything with a knife without imagining one of those skillful Japanese chefs. Only let us say that he has had too much to drink at a party, grabs a dagger lying on the mantelpiece and starts dicing up everything insight, starting with the hors d'oeuvres and going on to the furniture and the carpets....

Koohii stories:

1) [Christine_Tham] 23-7-2007(260): The seven samurai used their swords to cut their opponents.

2) [phauna] 6-1-2008(83): Seven swords cut better than one.

3) [dwhitman] 10-10-2007(41): The seven samurai used their swords to cut vegetables. (Easier to remember if it's a little silly. Imagine the seven samurai flailing about the kitchen dangerously swinging their katanas about, to cut stuff up for dinner.).

4) [ihatobu] 25-2-2007(35): Actors filming "The Seven Samurai" respond to the director's command, "CUT!" by wielding their swords.

5) [eigoosaka] 27-12-2008(19): Be careful!!! Snow White has gone insane and CUT up the SEVEN dwarfs with a DAGGER.

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