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focus

On-Yomi: セイ、ショウ — Kun-Yomi: かえり.みる、はぶ.く

Elements:

focus, few, eye

Heisig story:

When we think of focusing on something, we usually take it in a metaphorical sense, though the literal sense is not far behind. It means to block out what is nonessential in order to fix our eye on a few important matters. The kanji suggests picking up a few things and holding them before one's eye in order to focus on them better.

Koohii stories:

1) [Christine_Tham] 18-8-2007(251): You focus by concentrating your eye on fewer objects.

2) [smujohnson] 26-8-2008(48): To remember the order: When focusing, keep a few things your TOP priority, so only they come UNDER your sight.

3) [Xtophe] 7-9-2006(41): Success (or survival?) method for accelerated juggling course: focus on a few nitroglycerine filled juggling balls flying OVER your eyes —(I have trouble with this few primitive that can be anywhere in a kanji. To build in its location in the story is important somehow).

4) [TerryS] 27-5-2009(22): Few distractions will catch your eye if you have FOCUS.

5) [stehr] 30-9-2007(12): few people can focus their eyes perfectly, that is 20/20, the rest of us have to wear glasses because we see out of focus.

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