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pig iron

On-Yomi: セン

Elements:

pig-iron, metal, gold, before, cow, human legs

Heisig story:

Pig iron refers to iron in the crude form in which it emerges from the smelting furnaces. Of all the various forms metal can take, this one shows us metal before it has been refined. Imagine two photographs labeled "before" and "after" to show the process.

Koohii stories:

1) [wzafran] 16-6-2007(174): Pig iron is basic/crude metal, that is, before it has been processed.

2) [Danieru] 7-7-2008(121): Pig-iron is crude metal ( 金 ) before ( 先 ) it is refined. If you have trouble with this character, envision a big minotaur (cow head with human legs) as a blacksmith, smelting metals and making swords for war.

3) [meolox] 17-9-2007(33): 100% of Japanese university graduates claim to have never seen this character, so impress them by remembering it, Pig-iron is metal before it has been processed. (Just a copy of the most common used story but with this little fact added, really impress your japanese friends or teachers by learning this one).

4) [uchifly] 27-5-2009(8): PIG-IRON is the condition of IRON BEFORE it has been processed.

5) [Lazerbeat] 17-8-2011(5): GOLD BEFORE an alchemist touches it is pig iron.

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