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harden

On-Yomi: コ — Kun-Yomi: かた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い

Elements:

harden, pent in, old, tombstone, gravestone, church, ten, needle, mouth

Heisig story:

Old . . . pent in. Leave the people out of your story to avoid complications later when we add the element for person to form a new kanji (Frame 1047).

Koohii stories:

1) [synewave] 10-5-2007(252): Fossils are old things pent in that have hardened.

2) [Cheesemaster64] 15-8-2009(113): Remember Metapod from Pokemon? All it used was harden, which kept it pent in until it grew old enough to evolve into Butterfree..

3) [DrWarrior12] 11-9-2007(63): An old hardened criminal who is dying pent up in a prison cell.

4) [ruisu] 5-11-2007(41): If you're old and in a box then you've probably hardened from rigor mortis.

5) [smithsonian] 8-11-2006(28): If you keep it pent in the breadbox, old bread will surely harden.

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