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specialty

On-Yomi: セン — Kun-Yomi: もっぱ.ら

Elements:

specialty, ten, needle, rice field, brains, glue

Heisig story:

Ten . . . rice fields . . . glue. That is how one would read the primitive elements of this kanji from top to bottom. Now if we make a simple sentence out of these elements, we get: "Ten rice fields glued together." A specialty, of course, refers to one's special "field" of endeavor or competence. In fact, few people remain content with a single specialty and usually extend themselves in other fields as well. This is how we come to get the picture of ten fields glued together to represent a specialty.

Koohii stories:

1) [Ameyama] 17-11-2007(287): After you have chosen your 10 fields of study, measure how good you are at each to find out your specialty.

2) [DrWarrior12] 7-7-2007(97): 10 brains glued together allows you to specialize in any specialty that you want. Imagine each brain having its own specialty.

3) [EnohIO] 26-2-2009(43): She's so good at her speciality, it's like ten brains glued together.

4) [NooNoo] 12-4-2008(26): I'm a Rice Field Measurer! That is, my specialty is 'measuring' 'ten' 'rice fields' at a time.

5) [sutebun] 2-7-2007(24): A person's specialty or field, may change up to ten times before they finally settle down and stick with their liking.

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