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boat

On-Yomi: シュウ — Kun-Yomi: ふね、ふな-、-ぶね

Elements:

boat

Heisig story:

After the drop and the glass canopy, we come to a combination of three strokes that we met only once before, in the character for mama (frame 105). The pictographic meaning we gave it there has no etymological relationship to this character, but use it if it helps.

Koohii stories:

1) [Copycatken] 29-6-2006(188): I see this kanji as a pictograph of a two story boat seen from the front. The glass canopy is the body of the boat. The drop on top is the chimney. The horizontal line is the ceiling/floor between the the 1st/2nd floor. Finally, the two drops in the middle are the lights on the decks.

2) [jajaaan] 1-1-2010(54): Pictograph of a boat seen from above. The middle line is the oars. The drop on top is the rudder (at the back of the boat). The two drops inside represent the passengers: one is bent over with the effort of rowing and the other is sitting up straight, in the front of the boat, looking at the horizon for any signs of land.

3) [raulir] 2-1-2007(29): Cinnabar ( 丹 ) colored boat, the extra drop signifying that the paint hasn't dried yet. The stick represents the oars.

4) [theasianpleaser] 21-1-2009(26): I dropped a boat on your mom.

5) [Viking101] 17-2-2010(9): New Primitive: Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

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