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On-Yomi: キン — Kun-Yomi: なら.す

Koohii stories:

1) [dshill99] 4-2-2008(268): Soil is scooped up into a ladel. The extra drop is brushed off to make it level.

2) [mafried] 6-4-2009(49): To remember the extra stroke in the ladle, make a vivid image of a big drop of excess soil fr0m the ladle falling out onto the ground when you level it.

3) [trebors] 28-7-2010(41): 匀 = equal, not ladle 勺 = ladle. > so the story would be equal soil is equal to leveled ground.

4) [Ninjasha] 12-12-2007(25): Kids like scooping dirt with plastic ladles when making mud pies and often sweep off the extra bits of dirt to get it exactly LEVEL.

5) [Aerithina] 21-11-2008(7): Per LIVELLARE il SUOLO, prendi il MESTOLO e rimuovi quel BRICIOLO/GOCCIA di terreno in piú.