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On-Yomi: トウ

Koohii stories:

1) [decamer0n] 31-1-2007(340): Ok, this is a little wierd, but i took this back to the kanji for pagoda (#254 塔). I think it helps simplify the image, and also helps anchor the pagoda kanji in memory better as an added bonus. say this aloud once, and i think it will bring out a vivid image very quickly: "Now boarding the pagoda ride. Please keep your fingers inside at all times…".

2) [taijuando] 20-4-2006(86): When you board the ship on the way out from Hawaii a beautiful crewmember takes her fingers and fits a lei around you ….a lei is flowers fitted together with your fingers.

3) [matticus] 22-10-2006(39): A romantic scene. A woman stands near to her sailor, rolling the lone flower that he gave her between her fingers because she is sad that he must leave. When the time comes for the captain to shout, "All aboard!," the sailor bends deeply forward to give her one final "meeting of the mouths," powerful enough to cause her flower to drop out of her fingers and into the sea.

4) [tharvey] 23-6-2009(23): All aboard! Fingers waving goodbye, flowers tossed in the air, and the meeting of mouths as lovers say goodbye.

5) [breton] 10-3-2008(19): A new torture technique called "flower-boarding" instead of the popular "water-boarding". It's quite simple: Use your fingers to make some flowers fit into the prisoner's mouth. Pretty effective!