閾 threshold, vestibule; separated, confined, in limbo, in an intermediate place or state 問,㇀,戈,門,或,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

シキ　･　イキ　･　キョク　･　⺕ク
SHI　KI　･　I　KI　･　KYO　KU　･　YO　KU

Kun-yomi

くぎり　･　しきい
ku　gi　ri　･　shi　ki　i

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

問

モン,と,とん to question, to query, a problem; to request, ask, inquire about, to accuse, to care, interrogation

　GATEWAY and ORIFICE
　

㇀

× HTML entity: ㇀ head, sliding in and up

　HEAD SLIDING UP, HEAD IN
　

戈

カ,ほこ,ほこづくり swinging lance, spear, pike, halberd, long-handled blade as a weapon; dagger-axe, wagging one's baculum

　WOODEN STAKE, SHOOTING, TAPERED WOOD FOR DRIVING INTO SOIL and THE HEAD, SLIDING DOWN
　

門

モン,かど,と the way further inside, entrance, gateway; teachings of a master, school of thought, methodology, section, division, clan; classifier for large blasts

　RECIPROCATING RODS in TONGUING MOUTHS with FLUID STREAMING
…or: TWO MEATS and PRETENDING with ROD STREAMING
…or: ROD STREAMING with many JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES
　

或

ワク,コク,イキ,あ,あるい,あるいは uncertain; or possibly; muddled, potential failure, outcome or status in doubt

　ERECT WILD DOG PENIS in ORIFICE REPEATEDLY or UPWARD THRUSTING HEAD
…or: PUNCTURING PENETRATIONS INTO ORIFICE and REPEATEDLY
　

Meanings of elements

TO QUESTION, QUERY A PROBLEM, REQUEST, ASK, INQUIRE ABOUT, TO ACCUSE, TO CARE, INTERROGATION with HEAD SLIDING IN AND UP and with SWINGING LANCE, SPEAR, LONG-HANDLED WEAPON, WAGGING ONE'S BACULUM
…or: THE WAY FURTHER INSIDE, ENTRANCE GATEWAY, TEACHINGS OF A MASTER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, METHODOLOGY with UNCERTAIN, OR POSSIBLY, MUDDLED, POTENTIAL FAILURE, OUTCOME OR STATUS IN DOUBT

Inner element is「dog penis wagging at orifice repeatedly」that is indicative of potential copulation failure due to incomplete insertion. In the dog's case, likely his bulbus glandis engorged prior to full vaginal insertion…see inner element for details. In a human's case, depicts being confined to the threshold, vaginal vestibule, otherwise known as BEING IN LIMBO, UNABLE TO ENTER THE DIVINE STATE, or SEPARATED FROM HEAVEN, the condition of being CONFINED BUT NOT SUFFERING. Being STOPPED WITHIN THE VESTIBULE. A channel that leads to the entrance of another cavity is a VESTIBULE:「The anatomist who named the parts of the vulva must have found it lounge-like too, because the area between and including the inner folds of the labia minors is called the 'vestibule.'」
[ https://www.menshealth.com/uk/sex/a745069/guide-to-womens-vagina-20252/ 2023-05-17, emphasis ours ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: threshold
Japanese EDRDG: threshold
Unihan extended: threshold; separated, confined

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.