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scold

On-Yomi: シツ、シチ — Kun-Yomi: しか.る

Elements:

scold, mouth, diced, seven, spoon, sitting on the ground

Heisig story:

Recall some particularly harsh scolding you got as a child in school. This character has you sitting on the ground in the corner as your teacher stands over you, her mouth wide open as she reprimands you in front of the entire class.

Koohii stories:

1) [sweetneet] 20-3-2006(78): A kid gets scolded if they don't put the spoon properly into their mouth when eating.

2) [Yozora] 6-9-2009(36): Kids get scolded if they don't open their MOUTH to take their SPOONFUL of medicine.

3) [paasan] 5-7-2010(12): Here's a story I read many years ago in a magazine. It was about a girl who was lonely and wanting and decided to play with a banana. While doing this, she suddenly heard her parents returning home, and being startled, the banana broke inside her. Her mom then had to use a spoon to get the banana out of this poor girl while she was being scolded. So actually, this is a pictograph..

4) [Nukemarine] 21-6-2008(12): Well, how do you picture getting SCOLDED? You listen to that MOUTH while you have to SIT DOWN there and take it.

5) [decals] 11-11-2010(5): This is NOT spoon. The first stroke of the RHS goes beyond the second stroke. It's diced. STORY: When I try to make dinner, my wife scolds me because of my poor dicing technique. "This is too big! It will never fit in our mouths! Dice it again!".

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