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dye

On-Yomi: セン — Kun-Yomi: そ.める、-ぞ.め、-ぞめ、そ.まる、し.みる、-じ.みる、し.み、-し.める

Koohii stories:

1) [munia] 21-8-2008(210): To make this dye, I used water and the barks of nine different trees.

2) [dingomick] 8-8-2007(108): The baseball team hangs their freshly dyed dripping jerseys at the top of a tree to dry.

3) [penot] 23-9-2008(58): Dye is a liquid that has to be applied nine times to stain the wood below.

4) [Ricardo] 18-9-2006(52): [dye; color; paint; stain; print] The most common dyes are liquids that come in nine colors (the 7 of the rainbow, plus white and black), and are extracted from trees.

5) [nest0r] 17-1-2008(16): Dye a tree with the liquid in a lengthy 9-step process. I always remember the 9 because so far it's the number I've seen most used as a third primitive in kanji, especially with tree. For placement, just remember it's the liquid poured 9 times over the tree.

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