完

---

← →

perfect

On-Yomi: カン

Elements:

perfect, house, beginning, two, human legs

Heisig story:

In order not to confuse the key word perfect with others nearly synonymous in meaning, pull it apart to have a look at its native Latin roots. Per-factum suggests something so "thoroughly made or done" that nothing more needs to be added to it. Now look at the kanji, which does something similar. We see a house that has been made perfectly from its beginnings in the foundation to the roof on the top. Now return to frame 101 and make sure not to confuse this key word with the kanji for complete.

Koohii stories:

1) [yukina] 3-11-2006(172): Make the perfect impression in the beginning by removing your shoes upon entering a Japanese home.

2) [timcampbell] 2-12-2007(154): In the beginning, Adam and Eve had a home in Eden. It was perfect.

3) [kokeshidoll17] 20-8-2008(51): Their new house was the perfect place to begin a family.

4) [Perry] 10-4-2009(30): At the beginning of the party the house was perfect. Now look at it!

5) [zanthan] 31-12-2006(29): My idea of perfect is just the two of us (human legs) under one roof. Like how it was originally, in the beginning of our relationship. He completes me. 完全 [かんぜん] (adj-na,n) perfection, completeness, (P) 完璧 [かんぺき] (adj-na) perfect, complete, flawless, (P).

---