Question

鑿 のみ, うが.つ 0 臼: mortar殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)金: gold bore Hanging upside down in a row are ten mortars. You must shoot chisel tipped missiles into all of them and successfully bore holes through them in order to get the prize of gold. Talk about a messed up county fair game!

Accepted Answer

サク chisel S+ (none) "This is pretty much only used in the word 鑿(のみ), chisel. Missile + metal is obviously a hammer being swung. The needle is the chisel and the mortar represents the impressions left (bored) by the chisel. For some reason the chisel is used to make a row of such impressions here, and the work is done in such a difficult place that it has to be done upside down. Perhaps this is some sort of sabotage, done in a place that is not readily visible to the outside." 2857

Kanji	鑿
Onyomi	サク
Kunyomi	のみ, うが.つ
English	chisel
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S+
Components	臼: mortar 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 金: gold
Traditional Form	(none)
Keyword	bore
Koohii Story 1	"This is pretty much only used in the word 鑿(のみ), chisel. Missile + metal is obviously a hammer being swung. The needle is the chisel and the mortar represents the impressions left (bored) by the chisel. For some reason the chisel is used to make a row of such impressions here, and the work is done in such a difficult place that it has to be done upside down. Perhaps this is some sort of sabotage, done in a place that is not readily visible to the outside."
Koohii Story 2	Hanging upside down in a row are ten mortars. You must shoot chisel tipped missiles into all of them and successfully bore holes through them in order to get the prize of gold. Talk about a messed up county fair game!
RTK Index (new)	2857

Chisel Mortar Bore Impressions Row Place Upside 鑿