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bow

On-Yomi: キュウ — Kun-Yomi: ゆみ

Elements:

bow

Heisig story:

This character pictures the bent wooden bow. Later we will learn how to make the bowstring that goes with it (Frame 1490). If you stretch this character out and see the indentation on the left as its handle, the pictography should be clearer.

Koohii stories:

1) [scottamus] 13-11-2005(98): My personification for this primative is Legolas from the Lord of the Rings: a master at the bow. I suppose robin hood etc would work too.

2) [stshores24] 20-8-2008(55): I have a BOW made from a SNAKE that I BOUND UP. He sure wasn't happy!

3) [Earthlark] 16-8-2010(40): Http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/127/7/AAAAAiIf76sAAAAAASd0rQ.jpg.

4) [billyclyde] 20-8-2007(15): Picto: COMPOUND bow, because of the shape.

5) [bokuzukuri] 16-1-2006(6): Pictograph, see book.

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