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tribute

On-Yomi: コウ、ク — Kun-Yomi: みつ.ぐ

Elements:

tribute, craft, shellfish, clam, oyster, eye, animal legs, eight

Heisig story:

A tribute has a kind of double-meaning in English: honor paid freely and money collected by coercion. Simply because a ruler bestows a noble name on a deed is hardly any consolation to the masses who must part with their hard-earned money. Little wonder that this ancient craft of getting money by calling it a tribute has given way to a name closer to how it feels to those who pay it: a tax.

Koohii stories:

1) [Aploosh] 27-6-2007(326): "This next song is a TRIBUTE to a little SHELLFISH friend of mine who was tragically crushed by an I-shaped table.".

2) [ablindmouse] 28-8-2007(114): Tribute is the craft of raising money.

3) [Danieru] 4-11-2007(46): I gladly pay my tribute to the tax collector: but what he doesn't know is that this is carely crafted money - counterfeit!

4) [uberclimber] 16-1-2011(45): Tribute is another form of taxation - a crafty way of collecting "clams" (money). 貢献 (こうけん) : contribution, services; 西貢 さいごん Saigon.

5) [Po0py] 14-12-2008(36): We must pay tribute to the crafty shellfish who always appears in our kanji.

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