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block letters
On-Yomi: カイ
Heisig story:
The key word refers to kanji that are written in full, squared form, as opposed to cursive writing which is more flowing andabbreviates some of the strokes. Here block letters are pictured as tidy rows of trees that are all the same size and can be read easily by all, whatever calligraphic skills they possess.
Koohii stories:
1) [Elphalpo] 5-7-2010(25): Print-style writing (as opposed to cursive): All print-style writing looks rather wooden to me. I prefer the fancy curves of cursive. (Note: Heisig gives this character the official keyword "block letters," but based on what I've read about the meaning of the character in the Yahoo! Japan Dictionary, I prefer "print-style writing").
2) [Magnus13] 10-7-2011(15): Block letters (as opposed to cursive) are rigid and lifeless like wood; they're all the same size so that all can read them.
3) [enoonyllaer] 21-8-2010(15): all the hiragana are in "block letters" on wooden blocks, like children's toys.
4) [FoxintheStars] 14-1-2011(4): Literally the block letters on children's blocks, carved into wood so clearly that all can read them.
5) [Aeryon] 24-1-2012(3): At the base of the tree, in white block letters is written the following; "In 1911, 3 men sat here and compared the whiteness of their skins. In the end it was determined that they were all white.".