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snapshot

On-Yomi: サツ — Kun-Yomi: と.る、つま.む、-ど.り

Elements:

snapshot, finger, fingers, utmost, sun, day, take, ear, crotch

Heisig story:

Finger . . . utmost. This character is used for taking photographs. Note how, conveniently, the element for "take" is included in it.

Koohii stories:

1) [volfy] 27-3-2006(308): Take the utmost care that you don't have your finger in the way when you take a snapshot.

2) [astridtops] 19-6-2006(69): When I learned photography from my dad as a little girl, he explained the basics to me: "when you take a snapshot, be careful not to put your fingers before the lens, and don't look towards the sun (this was in the days that photographs would be spoiled by direct sunlight).

3) [Hujis] 26-12-2008(63): As a Japanese girl, when having your snapshot taken it is of the utmost importance to make the peace sign with your fingers.

4) [cangy] 18-1-2008(22): Pictograph of a large SLR, finger grip on the side, flash on top, and the bit that takes the snapshot underneath.

5) [Francois] 24-6-2008(20): When taking a snapshot, 1. Don't put FINGER on lens 2. Don't look into SUN 3. TAKE it!

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