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On-Yomi: タン — Kun-Yomi: ひとえ
Koohii stories:
1) [synewave] 20-12-2006(208): Owls are smart…for this owl everything is simple coz his brain is ten times more powerful than mine.
2) [nekoyaki] 8-6-2009(31): For owls, finding a needle in a rice field is simple (much better eyesight than us humans).
3) [fuaburisu] 6-1-2006(26): A girl who was working at Hooters thought she was going to be fired because her breasts were too small. She went to an acupuncturist who convinced her that planting needles into her brain would increase the size of her breasts. Of course, all that did is she was fired and although she wasn't very smart to begin with, now she's simple-minded for life. As a primitive let this kanji be "simple-minded blond girl" (ex-Hooters Girl). Keep the image distinct from "Hooters Girl" (top 3 strokes).
4) [rtkrtk] 20-3-2008(17): Careful: simplicity (#1621 簡). There was an 80's pop group called "Simple Minds" (simple brains). Their most famous song was "Don't you forget about me" which started out with, "Hey hey hey hey, oouuh oouuh wooah ho-ooh", which kind of sounds like an owl's "hoo hoo" call. The song became a top ten hit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Minds Primitive meaning: imbecilic guards from Monty Python/Holy Grail (who can't even understand the simple instruction to "stay here and guard the prisoner").
5) [Django] 6-10-2007(12): "How do you perform a labotomy, Owl?" Pooh asks one day. In his characteristically supercilious tone, Owl replies, "Simple, my simple friend. I shall show you by performing one on myself. You see one just has to remove one's brain, like so, and put it on a needle and then…oh, Pooh, I don't feel very well…." Alas, Pooh is no longer paying attention, because he's currently watching The Simple Life, the primitive reading for this kanji.