阿

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Africa

On-Yomi: ア、オ — Kun-Yomi: おもね.る

Elements:

africa, pinnacle, parthenon, acropolis, can, mouth, street, nail, spike

Heisig story:

This kanji, an abbreviation for Africa, is now used chiefly for its sound, "a," not unlike the kanji for Italy and the sound "i" that we met earlier (Frame 1245). Its composite elements are: pinnacles . . . can.

Koohii stories:

1) [dingomick] 5-2-2007(255): Can you see Africa from The Pinnacle? I can! I can!

2) [alreadytaken] 11-5-2008(79): A kinda pictogram: 'BoT', the first 3 letters in 'Botswana' an African country.

3) [saizen] 26-8-2008(43): At the pinnacle of the Mt. Kilmanjaro imagine Chaka Zulu (famous African war commander) yelling at his troops, "are you an Afri-"can" or an Afri"can't?!" To get the pumped up for the next battle.

4) [Perry] 18-4-2010(16): It B-can in Afrikakakakaka…

5) [bihzad] 19-3-2008(10): You can see all of Africa if you can climb to its pinnacle, Kilimanjaro. "Can you see all of Africa now? Yes, I can.".

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