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inscription

On-Yomi: メイ

Elements:

inscription, metal, gold, name, evening, mouth

Heisig story:

Take inscription in the sense of the name you ask the jeweler to carve on a gold bracelet or inside a gold ring to identify its owner or communicate some sentimental message. It will help if you can recall the first time you had this done and the feelings you had at the time.

Koohii stories:

1) [mameha1977] 27-9-2007(194): A piece of metal with a name on it. Well, this is basically the definition of inscription.

2) [NooNoo] 28-4-2008(35): I imagine ancient Egyptian inscriptions: Pharaohs' names written in gold.

3) [elmaestrokgb] 23-5-2009(17): The gold ring I gave her had an old girlfriend's name written inside. Here's hoping she doesn't notice the inscription.

4) [sannomiya] 17-4-2007(8): INSCRIPTIONS are done on GOLD plaques by writing your NAME on it.

5) [skellyfish] 15-12-2008(7): If you've got some METAL and you want to put a NAME on it, you've got no choice but to use an inscription - everything else will rub off or fail to stick in the first place. (Imagine a bunch of people trying to write on metal with pencils, pens, etc. and then one guy with a Eureka moment thinking of inscription).

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