creek

On-Yomi: コウ — Kun-Yomi:

Koohii stories:

1) [Ninjasha] 12-12-2007(136): A CREEK is a small trail of water easily crafted with a stick.

2) [nwatkins] 18-9-2007(83): Creeks are small water, easily crossed with a simple i-beam.

3) [indigo] 21-12-2007(35): Using water and some craft, one can make a creek.

4) [elktapestry] 15-3-2007(24): This Kanji can carry the meaning of "creek", "inlet", or "bay" actually. Although the meaning of inlet and bay seem to pop up for me more than instances of it meaning creek (I often question Hesig's choices of these key words, even if his method does seem to be effective). Still… I guess right now I'm using the image of a witch who practices her "craft" next to a watery creek leading into an inlet/bay.

5) [kirihitokiri] 9-3-2008(19): It is best to practice operating water craft in a creek before going to rivers or the sea…