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sweet

On-Yomi: カン — Kun-Yomi: あま.い、あま.える、あま.やかす、うま.い

Elements:

sweet, wicker basket, picnic basket

Heisig story:

This kanji is a pictograph of a small wicker basket. (The extra short stroke in the middle helps keep it distinct from the character for twenty.) All one needs to add is some image of sweet cakes or breads carried in the basket, and the union of picture and meaning is complete. Take care not to confuse with confectionary (Frame 1203).

Heisig comment:

* As a primitive, the pictograph's meaning of a wicker basket is used, a small one like the kind used for picnics.

Koohii stories:

1) [greenapple] 10-5-2006(119): Little red riding hood is carrying around a wicker basket filled with sweet baked cookies for granny.

2) [kumakuma] 7-7-2008(62): Girls are kinda sweet and sexy until they reach their twenties. So 20 minus ONE.

3) [Mary_K] 12-5-2009(42): Sweet twenty-one. The next sweet number after sweet sixteen.

4) [FudoMyo] 17-4-2007(41): I let this be a honey pot. Wicker basket just doesn't do it for me.

5) [Django] 30-9-2007(20): As a primitive, sweet manufacturer extraordinaire, Willy Wonka.

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