富

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wealth

On-Yomi: フ、フウ — Kun-Yomi: と.む、とみ

Elements:

wealth, house, wealth, one, ceiling, mouth, rice field, brains

Heisig story:

Here we have the original character on which the primitive element for wealth is based. In keeping with the story introduced back then, note how all the wealth is kept under the roof of the same house.

Koohii stories:

1) [sutebun] 10-9-2007(102): Remember Ducktales? That rich duck had that room in his house where he kept all the wealth! He had so much in that house you could even swim in it!

2) [Christine_Tham] 30-7-2007(88): In ancient Japan, a RICE FIELD is a unit of wealth as it can produce enough to feed all the MOUTHs in ONE HOUSE.

3) [taikura] 9-11-2008(36): A HOUSE with only ONE MOUTH and a RICE FIELD has a lot of WEALTH.

4) [MRT88] 23-9-2009(16): The family kept all the wealth under one roof.

5) [indigo] 23-1-2008(8): Wealth can be assessed only when it's under the roof.

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