I did RTK using this site and I don't even have any idea what you're talking about with these wierd primitive names....scarecrow and straw man.  heh. I don't think any of my stories even involve straw of any kind, much less straw men, literal or philosophical.

Concerning the two characters you mentioned: the story I have recorded for 穏 is, "Ah.... so calm...  vultures carrying off brooms instead of hearts、so the hearts continue to beat nice and slowly... a calm pulse that is barely audible."
I don't even remember what I meant by this anymore, but it doesn't really matter since I know the character now. This was one of my unshared stories since it only contains cues for my own crazy imagination, which is what the Heisig method is all about, I suppose.

I don't have any story recorded for 隠... that's one of the ones I just remembered without bothering to write any story down....but I think I drew on nearly the same image and made the setting some palisades(the geographical feature, not the funny looking fence) instead of a wheat field.

Last edited by hereticalrants (2011 February 09, 1:56 am)

Haha! Point taken, sir. I think I've just foolishly selected 3 primitive meanings that obviously don't mix. I've fixed the problem now. Here are the kanji I was talking about:

穏 and 隠: For the right side here, I had copied "straw man with a heart" from one of the popular stories here. I changed it now to "broom-riding witch".

焼 and 暁: For the right part of these, I had straw man and I'm sticking with it.

漢, 嘆, and 難: For the common element here, I had "scarecrow" from Heisig's book. I finally noticed most of you guys are using "kanji" for it, and I'm on board now.

Finally, I decided to change the common element from 謹 and 勤 to "Hangul" (korean characters). If the above one means kanji, I figured this one should mean something similar since they look alike.

Let's hope I do better from here!

Just for next time, don't (just) give the RTK number, not everyone uses the same primitive. ( I had no idea what those two were since I used something differently). So post the characters should you have another question .

artofbbq wrote:

Haha! Point taken, sir. I think I've just foolishly selected 3 primitive meanings that obviously don't mix. I've fixed the problem now. Here are the kanji I was talking about:

穏 and 隠: For the right side here, I had copied "straw man with a heart" from one of the popular stories here. I changed it now to "broom-riding witch".

焼 and 暁: For the right part of these, I had straw man and I'm sticking with it.

漢, 嘆, and 難: For the common element here, I had "scarecrow" from Heisig's book. I finally noticed most of you guys are using "kanji" for it, and I'm on board now.

Finally, I decided to change the common element from 謹 and 勤 to "Hangul" (korean characters). If the above one means kanji, I figured this one should mean something similar since they look alike.

Let's hope I do better from here!

穏 and 隠 - I never used a primitive name, but wicked witch for Oz seems cool here.

焼 and 暁 - I usually use hayloft, or guys hiding in hay (usually sneaking around by

漢, 嘆, and 難 - Here, I usually use scarecrow from Oz as more specific form of scarecrow.

謹 and 勤 - I use cabbage patch doll, as I think others have done.