淵

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abyss [old]

On-Yomi: エン

Koohii stories:

1) [danie115] 22-12-2008(59): The abyss [old] used to be the water you were pushed into if you lost in the arm wrestling match. (the primitive to the right screams two guys arm wrestling on a table, any one else see it?).

2) [mantixen] 2-8-2009(3): Be careful on the suspension bridge lest you fall into the water of the abyss [old].

3) [herman] 3-1-2009(2): Two guys arm-wrestling over a watery abyss, loser ends up falling in.

4) [kapalama] 21-8-2011(1): チャレンジャー海淵 , 剣淵町 abyss [old] (#2966 淵) エン, ふち, … Parts:氵, 片 , 一 , 片＊ (cf: 片道 one-sided (#1212 片), 甘肅省 Unicode-0x8085 (#32901 肅)) … Note: 異体字 for 渕 abyss (#2325 渕). Even though Heisig calls this the Old version of 渕 , 淵 is on the official name kanji list, and 渕 is not. … Story: 0ld bridge across the Old Abyss over Water from One sided to the Other Sided, with just One ropeded.

5) [snzzbk] 8-1-2010(1): In the old days, people were serious about arm wrestling. Losing an arm wrestling match brought shame upon one's family for generations, so the defeated would often throw themselves into the watery abyss rather than face a life of ostracism.

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