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yonder

On-Yomi: コウ — Kun-Yomi: む.く、む.い、-む.き、む.ける、-む.け、む.かう、む.かい、む.こう、む.こう-、むこ、むか.い

Elements:

yonder, alien, drop, helmet, hood, mouth

Heisig story:

Something referred to as "over yonder" is usually far off in the distance and barely within sight - like a wee drop in the distance - and is usually an expression used in giving directions or pointing something out. Hence this kanji begins with a drop. Then we find a sort of transparent helmet with no eyes or nose, but only a prominent mouth under it, obviously an extraterrestrial. And what is it jabbering on about with its mouth open like that? Why, about his spaceship way over yonder with its fuel tank on empty.

Koohii stories:

1) [ceeeps] 5-9-2007(142): Look over yonder ! That tiny dot is robin hood at the mouth of his secret cave !

2) [ashman63] 22-3-2008(73): There was an old woman named Wanda,// Who wanted to make herself blonder.// She covered her くち// With a glass hood from Gucci// And dropped some hair dye on from yonder.

3) [Ceryn] 22-1-2008(63): The spaceman died screaming, his MOUTH wide open because someone has cut the oxygen cable from the HOOD/HELMET of his space suit. As his last DROPs of oxygen escaped into the vastness of space he thought to himself, So much for flying off into the wild blue YONDER.

4) [sutebun] 10-9-2007(38): Over yonder usually refers to somewhere far away. For this kanji think of the aliens way over yonder who have an antenna popping out of their helmet which encloses but a single mouth.

5) [johnzep] 19-2-2007(30): Yonder….there is a DOT of light over the mouth of the cave.

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