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trip

On-Yomi: リョ — Kun-Yomi: たび

Elements:

trip, banner, direction, compass, direction, reclining, lying down, Carol in rags, person, rag

Heisig story:

Let the last 4 strokes, which are also the concluding strokes to the character for garment, represent a rag as its primitive meaning. We shall meet this only on one other occasion. This gives us as our elements: banner . . . rag.

Koohii stories:

1) [aircawn] 4-12-2006(237): The boat starts to leave on it's trip across the Atlantic. Underneath a huge banner that spans the width of the ship and says "Bon Voyage", the people wave their rags signalling a safe journey for all on board the Titanic.

2) [partyrash] 22-1-2008(112): After a long long trip, what once was a proud beautiful banner, we had nothing more than a simple rag remaining.

3) [shinyclef] 12-5-2009(25): When taking a trip, people wave goodbye with banners and rags.

4) [iheckman] 12-5-2008(22): So Mr. T is walking down the street when he falls over this Banner. Someone yells "Hey Mr. T, did you have a nice Trip?". Mr. T gets so angry he rips the banner into Rags.

5) [uberclimber] 27-10-2010(11): When leaving on a short trip, some people wave "Bon Voyage" banners, others wave their snot rags. Don't confuse this with journey (#880 往). 旅行 (りょこう) : travel, trip; 旅 (たび) : travel, trip, journey.

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