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level

On-Yomi: キン — Kun-Yomi: なら.す

Elements:

level, soil, dirt, ground, ladle, drop, drop2

Heisig story:

The level this key word refers to is not the carpenter's tool but rather the even surface of a thing. It pictures soil being scooped up into a ladle and then made level (apparently because one is measuring soil). The excess drops of soil are brushed off the top, which accounts for the added drop at the ladle's edge.

Koohii stories:

1) [dshill99] 4-2-2008(268): Soil is scooped up into a ladel. The extra drop is brushed off to make it level.

2) [mafried] 6-4-2009(49): To remember the extra stroke in the ladle, make a vivid image of a big drop of excess soil fr0m the ladle falling out onto the ground when you level it.

3) [trebors] 28-7-2010(41): 匀 = equal, not ladle 勺 = ladle. > so the story would be equal soil is equal to leveled ground.

4) [Ninjasha] 12-12-2007(25): Kids like scooping dirt with plastic ladles when making mud pies and often sweep off the extra bits of dirt to get it exactly LEVEL.

5) [Aerithina] 21-11-2008(7): Per LIVELLARE il SUOLO, prendi il MESTOLO e rimuovi quel BRICIOLO/GOCCIA di terreno in piú.

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