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each

On-Yomi: カク — Kun-Yomi: おのおの

Elements:

each, walking legs, mouth

Primitive:

walking legs We call this element walking legs because it indicates "legs in motion," whether you want to think of them as jogging or walking in long strides, as the shape seems to suggest. Be careful how you write it, with the first two strokes like a stylized "7." [3]

Heisig story:

"Suum cuique" goes the popular Latin proverb. A certain disease of the English language makes it almost impossible to translate the phrase without gender bias. In any event, here we see someone walking with his/her mouth between his/her walking legs, giving us an image of "To each his/her own."

Heisig comment:

* The sense of the proverb should help when using this kanji as a primitive; otherwise, reduce it to its original elements. But do not associate it in any way with the word "every," which we shall meet later in another context.

Koohii stories:

1) [penne] 16-3-2008(260): Son, I've never told you this but each woman has a second mouth between their fiiiiiine walking legs.

2) [johanvg] 18-7-2006(156): Each and every one of us walks and talks differently.

3) [miki76] 15-12-2008(87): Each person is gifted with a mouth to get us into trouble and a pair of walking legs to get us out!

4) [Zareon] 12-2-2007(67): It's easier for me to remember a concrete object. This combination occurs often enough for me to make it a primitive element. Walking legs and mouth combine to give a "walky talky" or mobile phone. Imagine one of those old big ones which looked like refridgerators. Mobile phones are so popular that each of us seems to want one.

5) [Ninjasha] 6-2-2008(39): EACH of us learns first to use our legs to walk and then to use our mouths to talk.

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