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fate

On-Yomi: メイ、ミョウ — Kun-Yomi: いのち

Elements:

fate, fit, meeting, umbrella, one, mouth, stamp

Heisig story:

This character connotes life in general, but also the particular life that is fated one by virtue of the distinctive character with which one is born. Its elements are: fit . . . stamp. The bottom portion of fit is nudged to the left in order to make room for the stamp.

Koohii stories:

1) [Megaqwerty] 1-6-2007(240): When you're born, your fate is measured, fitted, and stamped onto your soul. Good luck defying it.

2) [tharvey] 19-7-2009(109): It is your fate to meet with a mouth, young postage stamp.

3) [radical_tyro] 30-6-2007(25): It is my fate/life to fit stamps together.

4) [theasianpleaser] 21-1-2009(19): Was it fate that I was born with an umbrella hair-do, an unibrow, no pupils, and an eye shaped like a stamp?

5) [usis35] 20-3-2009(15): Your FATE is sealed with your first kiss! (meeting of mouths). Just imagine a STAMP between the mouths that are meeting in the kiss…..(thanks CharleyGarret).

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