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pierce

On-Yomi: カン — Kun-Yomi: つらぬ.く、ぬ.く、ぬき

Elements:

pierce, mama, mother, breasts, oyster, shellfish, clam, oyster, eye, animal legs, eight

Heisig story:

If one is asked to think of associations for the word pierce, among the first to come to mind is that of piercing one's ears to hold earrings, a quite primitive form of self-mutilation that has survived into the 21st century. The kanji here is read, top to bottom: mama . . . oyster. All you need to do is imagine piercing an ear so that it can hold a mother-of-pearl (actually, a mama-of-pearl) you have just wrested from an oyster.

Koohii stories:

1) [Kurisu] 12-2-2008(190): Ariel the Little Mermaid's clamshell bra was held to her breasts by piercings.

2) [Codexus] 28-11-2007(67): The sad fate of Mama shellfish was to be captured and pierced to make an earring.

3) [snozle] 21-10-2006(40): mama pierces her ears in order to wear pearl earrings (which come from shellfish).

4) [crystalcastlecreature] 3-6-2008(25): Boobs PIERCED by shellfish! AAAH!!!

5) [Samchan] 9-2-2009(22): "Mama" sat on a "shellfish" and it pierced her bottom! Ow!

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