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creek

On-Yomi: コウ — Kun-Yomi: え

Elements:

creek, water, water droplets, water pistol, craft

Heisig story:

Unlike the river, the ocean, the lake, and the pond, the creek is often no more then a dribble of water trickling down a small gully. While the geological history of the larger bodies of water is hard to surmise sometimes, all of us know from our childhood how creeks are made. You probably even dug one or two in your time. All you need to do is find a mainstream of water somewhere and dig a little path into dry land. The creek is thus a lesson in water-craft, as this kanji would agree.

Koohii stories:

1) [Ninjasha] 12-12-2007(136): A CREEK is a small trail of water easily crafted with a stick.

2) [nwatkins] 18-9-2007(83): Creeks are small water, easily crossed with a simple i-beam.

3) [indigo] 21-12-2007(35): Using water and some craft, one can make a creek.

4) [elktapestry] 15-3-2007(24): This Kanji can carry the meaning of "creek", "inlet", or "bay" actually. Although the meaning of inlet and bay seem to pop up for me more than instances of it meaning creek (I often question Hesig's choices of these key words, even if his method does seem to be effective). Still… I guess right now I'm using the image of a witch who practices her "craft" next to a watery creek leading into an inlet/bay.

5) [kirihitokiri] 9-3-2008(19): It is best to practice operating water craft in a creek before going to rivers or the sea…

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