Now Out: Essay 1950 on 釜 (metal pot), 2 Revisions, and 5 New-Monics

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Pots look lifeless, but 釜 is full of fun. It plays a great role in a folktale and has connections to necessities in life, plus car crashes, cross-dressing, and demons who boil people in cauldrons. It pops up in colorful place names. And of course this kanji has a culinary side, appearing in terms for "rice cooker," the names of rice and udon dishes, a salty fish dish, a way of making tea, and more. 

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Also, revisions of the following essays posted:

essay 1850 on 茂 (to grow thickly; be overgrown; bush; clump)

essay 1881 on 窯 (kiln; oven)

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Finally, Ulrike created the following new-monics (which are free!):

黙 (1856: silent)
恋 (1931: romantic love)
蓋 (1978: cover)
鎌 (1980: sickle)
蹴 (2032: kick)