Question

催 もよう.す、もよお.す 開催(かいさい): holding a meeting; open an exhibition主催(しゅさい): sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging催し(もよおし): event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening; holding (a meeting)催す(もよおす): (1) to hold (a meeting); to give (a dinner); to show signs of (2) to feel (sensation, emotion, etc.)催促(さいそく): request; demand; claim; urge (action); press for S 人: person崔: cliff; bluff; precipice 人 2 (none) sponsor Mister T sponsors a meeting in the mountains (he´s an hermit), talking over a megaphone “I pity da foo who does not come to my event !”. The old turkey comes, and Mister T catches it and cooks it for dinner, muahaha.

Accepted Answer

サイ sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner) 1 536 13 9 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね 形声 Phonetic And now a word from our sponsor. We see Mr. T, doing a sort of George Foreman thing, grilling Mountain Turkeys. "I pity da foo who don´t have a Mr. T grill!".

Kanji	催
Onyomi	サイ
Kunyomi	もよう.す、もよお.す
English	sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner)
Examples	開催(かいさい): holding a meeting; open an exhibition 主催(しゅさい): sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging 催し(もよおし): event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening; holding (a meeting) 催す(もよおす): (1) to hold (a meeting); to give (a dinner); to show signs of (2) to feel (sensation, emotion, etc.) 催促(さいそく): request; demand; claim; urge (action); press for
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	536
Components	人: person 崔: cliff; bluff; precipice
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	人
Radical Number	9
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ひと・にんべん・ひとやね
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	sponsor
Koohii Story 1	And now a word from our sponsor. We see Mr. T, doing a sort of George Foreman thing, grilling Mountain Turkeys. "I pity da foo who don´t have a Mr. T grill!".
Koohii Story 2	Mister T sponsors a meeting in the mountains (he´s an hermit), talking over a megaphone “I pity da foo who does not come to my event !”. The old turkey comes, and Mister T catches it and cooks it for dinner, muahaha.

T Hold Give Holding Mr Pity Da Foo