plot

On-Yomi: ケイ — Kun-Yomi: はか.る、はか.らう

Elements:

plot, say, words, keitai, mouth, ten, needle

Heisig story:

Words and a meter's needle combine to form the sense of plot: to talk over plans and to calculate a course of action.

Koohii stories:

1) [mspertus] 12-6-2006(222): A plot is a summary of a book that can be given in ten words.

2) [gaijinda] 28-10-2007(124): Say-ten's (satan's) evil plot.

3) [romanrozhok] 19-7-2008(110): This does NOT mean a "summary of a book." It means plan, project, or to measure. STORY: A TEN WORD PLAN is a very efficient PLAN.

4) [smithsonian] 17-10-2006(55): It took only the words of ten men to plot the downfall of Caesar.

5) [diracbracket] 30-3-2011(33): I have only ten words to say about this kanji: "Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot".