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On-Yomi: セイ、ショウ — Kun-Yomi: ただ.しい、ただ.す、まさ、まさ.に

Elements:

correct, one, ceiling, stop, footprint

Heisig story:

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," says the Chinese proverb. Here we see one footprint, complementing that proverb with the sound advice that if the first step is not made correctly, the whole point of the journey will be forfeited. This is the ideal that teachers are supposed to have in correcting their students, and parents in correcting their children.

Koohii stories:

1) [meolox] 19-10-2007(223): If you do it correct on the first attempt you can stop.

2) [tom2000] 4-8-2009(43): My (Japanese) wife tells me that Japanese people use this kanji to tally up numbers (instead of 4 vertical lines and a diagonal across). I remember this one by writing the kanji while counting out the strokes to myself and saying this is the correct way to tally numbers.

3) [burritokun] 20-8-2008(22): The correct way of learning Japanese? First, stop everything you're doing. Then, go pick up a copy of Heisig's book and work from there.

4) [muddyhill] 31-1-2009(9): The correct way to tackle any problem is one step at a time.

5) [icamonkey] 10-9-2008(9): You want a correct answer in one stop? Google is your friend…

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