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happiness

On-Yomi: コウ — Kun-Yomi: さいわ.い、さち、しあわ.せ

Koohii stories:

1) [johnzep] 7-8-2007(174): happiness is the ONE bite of SPICY curry.

2) [raulir] 24-12-2006(89): This is one of those rare occasions when I forgo Heisig for other methods. 「幸せから一本取ると辛い」 – if you take but one stroke away from happiness, you get painfulness. (oh well, Heisig used similar one for 百 ).

3) [dingomick] 2-3-2007(44): Happiness and pain(spicy) are just one stroke diffence. It's a fine balance.

4) [jimitha] 10-10-2009(20): A rare instance in which Heisig made a mistake in the primitives. The bottom is not spicy, because there is no vase or standing here–the first horizontal stroke of the "vase" is too long. Rather, this is soil and a new primitive below, which we shall call a garden-variety goat. It's like the mountain goat in frame 1959, just not in the mountains. Thus, happiness is exemplified by a goat nibbling on soiled garbage on the ground. (We'll only get to use goat once more, in frame 1613).

5) [CaLeDee] 18-9-2008(14): Happiness adds a bit of spice to your life.

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