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ebisu

On-Yomi: イ

Koohii stories:

1) [Katsuo] 5-3-2013(24): When passing through Ebisu in Tokyo, (one stop south of Shibuya) you see an ebisu (= a barbarian/savage) whose pet St. Bernard has swallowed his bow; you can see the shape of the bow sticking through its skin. Notes: 1. I'm locating this in Ebisu to reinforce the sound; the place name Ebisu is actually written with different kanji. 2. As Meconium mentions, stroke order is 一、弓、人 .

2) [Meconium] 9-3-2010(14): I don't like the way Heisig doesn't list stroke order in RTK3, like it's not important or something. This is written one, bow, person, not large then person. It's annoying to have to check each time. Note the second leg of person comes from the bottom of bow, not from one.

3) [MethodGT] 5-4-2008(8): 征夷大将軍 (せいいたいしょうぐん) This is the 'i' part of the full name of the ancient shoguns. Sei i tai shougun (Great general who subdues the eastern barbarians). This Kanji is the "eastern barbarian" part. Being the shogun, the most powerful military leader in all of Japan, it is only fitting that he also have a very large bow to go along with his office. So large in fact, that it was given to him by the god of good luck, Ebisu.

4) [decals] 11-3-2011(4): (Y)ebisu is my favourite beer in Japan. I like it so much, I'd probably kill one person with a bow right now if it would get me a six-pack. (P.S. I'm only being evil for the sake of the story!…. seriously!).

5) [kapalama] 29-8-2011(2): 蝦夷地 , 蝦夷 , 尊王攘夷 , 征夷大将軍 , 夷 =恵比須=戎 ebisu (#2881 夷) イ, えぞ, えびす … Parts: 弓 , 大 … Story/Note: Ebisu is not usually written with this Kanji. Tokyo place names is 恵比須 , as is the god of fishing. This Kanji represent Barbarians, represented with one big bow.

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