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lagoon

On-Yomi: セキ — Kun-Yomi: かた、-がた

Koohii stories:

1) [RoboTact] 2-9-2007(139): Right part: mortar bound up over oven fire, comprising boiling cauldron. Lagoon is a shallow pond, thus easily warmed by sun, large-scale equivalent of a boiling cauldron.

2) [fuaburisu] 15-1-2006(44): The top right primitive appears in Remembering the Kanji, Volume 3 : mortar = back-to-back staples [6] ("The mortar referred to here is a stone or wooden basin used for grinding with a pestle."). Thus we have water . . . mortar . . . bound up . . . cooking fire.

3) [rtkrtk] 18-3-2008(43): In an effort to appease the hideous monster from the black lagoon, nearby villagers grind up tail feathers of local birds in a mortar and sprinkle the powder in the water, in a primitive magic ritual that they hope will appease the monster. Note the first drop before the tail feathers, as the hook stroke of tail feathers always requires a vertical-like stroke to attach to (compare with do, bird).

4) [Katsuo] 3-3-2007(18): While visiting Niigata ( 新潟 ) I come across a lagoon and notice big splashes of water occurring every few seconds. It is their mortar-throwing contest where they bind up a mortar with tail-feathers (to make it fly better) and then see who can throw it furthrest across the lagoon.

5) [ellasevia] 4-8-2010(15): PRIMITIVE: The new element here (top right) is what I am calling gray, because it is similar to white, except that it has a leak at the top which lets darkness in. Therefore, the white turns to gray. STORY: The gray water of lagoons is due to the gray ashes of bound up oven fires (campfires) that some people have on the shore. Then the waves and wind move them into the water making it look filthy.

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