研

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polish

On-Yomi: ケン — Kun-Yomi: と.ぐ

Elements:

polish, stone, rock, two hands

Primitive:

two hands Let this primitive represent a union of two hands, both of which are used at the same time. Whenever this element appears at the bottom of its relative primitive, the top line is omitted, whether or not there is a horizontal line to replace it. [4]

Heisig story:

Stone . . . two hands.

Koohii stories:

1) [Megaqwerty] 15-5-2007(218): My stones are so huge that it takes two hands to polish them!

2) [PacifistGod] 30-1-2007(184): You use two hands to polish a stone: one to hold it and the other to rub it.

3) [wazzab] 18-2-2007(37): Scene from Karate Kid: Wax on (with one hand), wax off (with the other). But instead of using cloth he's using stones in his hand.

4) [chibimizuno] 16-9-2009(23): Cinderella polishing the stone floor with both hands.

5) [Green_Airplane] 6-3-2010(15): To polish a katana you need two things: finest grade of polishing stones, and of course two hands. If you accidentally chop one off, your career as sword polisher is over. (once again I'm using this to remember the order of the elements - first stone, then two hands).

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