I am at Bore (鑿) 2066 now in my studies and Heisig claims that the primitives are: 'standing in a row upside down'...'mortar and walking stick'...'missle'...metal. However when I was looking at it it looks to me like it is 'standing in a row upside down' '十' '臼' 'missle' '金'. Am I missing something or are the primitives wrong? Also I am not 100% sure of the stroke order of it. Can someone help me please? ｍ（＿＿）ｍ

[Katsuo]

It's an error in the book: "walking stick" should be "ten/needle".

As for the stroke order, the problem stroke is the vertical one that decends into the mortar, i.e. when should it be drawn? I'd suggest deciding for yourself; you have plenty of experience by now, so experiment and see which order feels more natural, and which gives a better balance to the character.

One other thing, the keyword is not the best choice; I recommend changing it to "chisel".

Changing the subject slightly, we compiled a list of errors in the two editions of RTK3 here. For some reason I didn't pass on the error in number 2066, even though I've marked it my book.

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that character in my life.

yudantaiteki Wrote:Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that character in my life.

Ah yes, the James Bond bond story: In GOLD finger, Bond's hanging UPSIDE DOWN on a ROW of MISSILES, with his NEEDLE lock pick trying to BORE into the MORTAR to access it.

Still remember it after all this time. Sad, I've also only seen it in Heisig. Strike up another reason for RTK Lite.

I agree with Chisel being the better keyword

Thanks guys. Both of your stories have helped me along the way.
I have found a few errors so far in the book and I will make sure to view that thread Katsuo. Thanks again!