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seethe

On-Yomi: フツ — Kun-Yomi: わ.く、わ.かす

Elements:

seethe, water, water droplets, water pistol, dollar, bow, stick, stick2

Primitive:

dollar sign Composed of two walking sticks running through a bow, this character is infrequent as a primitive, and yet easy to remember for what it looks like (which is also what the Japanese adopted it to mean in days gone by): the dollar sign, $. When it is written under another element, the first vertical stroke is abbreviated to a short "tail" as the final stroke, and the second vertical stroke is cut off at the top. Examples follow in FRAMEs 1239 and 1240. [5]

Heisig story:

Water . . . dollar sign.

Koohii stories:

1) [akrodha] 6-3-2007(167): Re CharleyGarrett: This liquid looks like ordinary water, but it will instantly seethe when it comes in contact with counterfeit dollar bills. The inventor must be rich (and probably has dollar signs in his eyes).

2) [smithsonian] 12-3-2007(115): When his daughter used a lot of water for her shower, the father could practically see the dollar signs, so he was seething with anger.

3) [n1williams] 3-3-2009(52): This kanji is more closely related to water and emotions boiling. Story: When his daughter used a lot of WATER for her shower, the unemployed father could practically see the DOLLAR SIGNS going down the drain. He began SEETHing with anger… (Thanks smithsonian).

4) [dihutenosa] 11-5-2008(29): Hint: This dollar sign is clearly one of those iced out dollar pendants. http://newworldtreasures.100megs2.com/Test/HHCP221.jpg And just imagine seething after someone gets water all over your brand new dollar bling pendant.

5) [ivoSF] 21-1-2008(24): I seethe (and not only from the heat)when i found out how many dollars one water bottle costs in this desert!

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