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Toilet Soiled Stem Paper Stalk 茎 ケイ、キョウ くき

Kanji
Onyomi ケイ、キョウ
Kunyomi くき
English stalk, stem
Examples 茎(くき): stalk; stem
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2013
Components 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)
圣: holy; sacred
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 140
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword stalk
Koohii Story 1 Suggestion: Replace "spool" with "toilet paper/roll". Reasons: (1) Toilet paper/roll usually comes on a spool. (2) Toilet paper is used to clean the soil off your crotch. Story: Just get a flower and carefully wrap some toilet paper around its stalk. Spool also appears in suspicious (#716), lightly (#717), diameter (#882), sutra (#1360).
Koohii Story 2 PRIMITIVE: soiled crotch = soiled underwear. To precent anyone from picking the beautiful flower, the gardner hung soiled underwear on the stalk.
RTK Index 715

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_nature_plant.tree

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