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resemblance

On-Yomi: ショウ — Kun-Yomi: あやか.る

Elements:

resemblance, spark, candle, small, little, moon, month, flesh, part of the body

Heisig story:

The word resemblance should suggest, among other things, a son's resemblance to his father. A "chip off the old block" is the way we often put it, but the character is more simple. It speaks of a little bit of flesh.

Heisig comment:

* When used as a primitive, the sense of resemblance is replaced by that of spark or candle. (If you want an explanation: the kanji for moon also carries a secondary sense of fire, which we omitted because we are keeping that meaning for other primitives.)

Koohii stories:

1) [khooks] 12-1-2007(246): Using DNA matching, a very little bit of flesh can be used to show the resemblence between family members.

2) [Kurisu] 29-1-2008(122): Hey baby, it might be a little bit of flesh now, but in a moment it'll bear a strong resemblance to a candlestick.(nudge nudge, wink wink).

3) [gaijinda] 19-10-2007(83): This kanji bears a resemblance to sparks on a candle. (I always remember the primitive, but never the original keyword.).

4) [FloconDeNeige] 19-2-2010(28): あやか-る: to share, goodluck—Resemblance = To have LITTLE difference in the FLESH.

5) [czaplinsky] 18-11-2007(18): God breathing a sparkle of life into flesh to make human resemblant to him.

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