珈

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jeweled hairpin

On-Yomi: カ

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 2-8-2009(13): To cut down on カロries, the king adds a jeweled hairpin to his coffee rather than sugar.

2) [gavmck] 1-8-2010(12): This and beaded hairpin (#2963 琲) only seem to occur in the word 珈琲 (コーヒー) where they are used phonetically. So, in practice, it might be easier to remember them as a pair and not worry about their literal meanings. STORY: For 珈 : An assassin adds poison to the king's coffee. For 琲 : However, fearing a plot against him, the king, summons a hapless convict from a jail cell to sample the coffee first.

3) [blannk] 11-3-2010(6): When the Jewish king added jewels to his jeweled hairpin he was lauded. When the Palestinian king put beads on his 琲 beaded hairpin (#2963 琲) he was jailed.

4) [decals] 23-3-2011(2): I'm changing this to coffee creamer and the next kanji to coffee for obvious reasons. STORIES: 珈 The servant added coffee creamer to the King's coffee. 琲 The King likes his coffee black, so the servant went to jail.

5) [Regular] 17-11-2010(2): If my aunt adds a pe*is, she'll be my uncle. If the King adds a jeweled hairpin,… she's a queen.

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