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Dr.
On-Yomi: ハク、バク
Elements:
Dr., ten, needle, acupuncturist, specialty, drop, ten, needle, rice field, brains, glue
Heisig story:
At the left we have the needle; at the right, the kanji for specialty, plus an extra drop at the top. Think of a Dr. who is a specialist with a needle (an acupuncturist) and let the drop at the top represent the period at the end of Dr. In principle we are trying to avoid this kind of device, which plays on abstract grammatical conventions; but I think you will agree, after you have had occasion to use the right side of this kanji in forming other kanji, that the exception is merited in this case.
Heisig comment:
* The primitive form of this kanji eliminates the needle on the left and gets the meaning of an acupuncturist.
Koohii stories:
1) [sethimayne] 22-9-2007(307): Ten specialties grants you the title of Dr. with a dot.
2) [fuaburisu] 29-7-2006(109): Watch for doctor (#1694 医), the sooner the better! In fact this kanji refers to someone well "learned", with extensive knowledge. This could apply to any kind of field. The kanji 医 ("doctor") is directly related to medicine. I would suggest to take away completely the idea of medicine here, and use a popular character whose name includes the keyword such as "Dr. Who", "Dr. Jekyll", even "Dr. Dobb's" if you're into programming.
3) [DanielC] 13-7-2008(37): Needles are a Dr.'s specialty.
4) [anthropic] 7-7-2008(31): Dr. Who weaves like a needle through the fabric of time, to drop in unexpectedly has become his specialty (#46 専) .
5) [cangy] 22-4-2010(17): Note: Use Ph.D. rather than Dr. to avoid confusion with doctor and to be more in line with common use of this kanji. Ten specialities grants you the title of Ph.D. with a dot.