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bases
On-Yomi: ルイ、ライ、スイ — Kun-Yomi: とりで
Elements:
bases, rice field, brains, sparkler, soil, dirt, ground
Primitive:
sparkler a As the pictograph itself immediately suggests, this element depicts spreading out or scattering from a focal point. To capture this meaning, we choose the image of a sparkler. It will often have another primitive put at its center point. [4]
Heisig story:
The kanji of this frame refers to the four bases that are placed at the corners of a baseball infield. The elements: field . . . sparkler . . . ground.
Koohii stories:
1) [synewave] 10-5-2007(246): Playing baseball in a rice field with sparklers stuck into the ground to act as bases.
2) [dingomick] 11-9-2007(72): The traditional New Year's baseball game in Japan is held at midnight in a rice field. They stick sparklers in the ground for the bases so they can be seen, and to be more festive.
3) [Angrybeez] 20-5-2008(47): Warning! warning! Base compromised initiating Computer on self destruct mode.
4) [rgravina] 28-9-2006(21): The surprise attack came from left-field! Somebody set us up the sparkler! How are we gentelmen? All your base are belong to us! But no, they stood their ground and sent out the ZIG! For great justice!
5) [Raichu] 29-3-2007(19): This means bases as in baseball, otherwise a fort. The original form of this kanji is 壘, a pictogram of four bases, the home base marked specially.