甗 earthenware vessel in two parts, clay-fired vessel used for scooping and collecting feces 鬳,瓦,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ゲン　･　ゴン
GE　N　･　GO　N

Kun-yomi

こしき
ko　shi　ki

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

鬳

ケン,ガン,ゴン,こしき get going, to go, highly stimulated libido, situation heating up, becoming heated, tiger penis, aphrodisiac, sacrificial meat, customs from south (of China); an offering, a gift, an old style or procedure, ancient method action

　TIGER with FLESHPOTS
…or: SHAMAN and SERVICE PROVIDERS
　

瓦

ガ,かわら,ぐらむ fired clay, earthenware, terra cotta; gram, small piece of dried and hardened clay slurry; girl, young female; jolt, measure of electric current, watt, feeling a charge

　ROD SEGMENT with emphasis inside RAISED LEG(S) and THRUSTING FORWARD, BIRD TAKING FLIGHT
…or: ARRAY OF ITEMS, LATERAL RECIPROCATING ROD MOTION, INDICATES EXTENT with CHEWED, MASTICATED, WELL-MIXED SMALL PIECES, MATTOCK, RAISED FEET WHILE SITTING with HORIZONTAL ROD STALK of CURLED PENIS with emphasis inside
　

Meanings of elements

TIGER with FLESHPOTS, SACRIFICIAL MEAT and JOLT, FIRED CLAY SLURRY, GIRL, YOUNG FEMALE, MEASURE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT, ROD SEGMENT with emphasis inside RAISED LEG(S) with THRUSTING FORWARD, BIRD TAKING FLIGHT

The two parts were used to place the meat inside and cover it, keeping it safe from flies. Same device functioned to suppress the odor of the night soil, fecal collection system used to make slurry and for fertilization of the crops and paddies. Opening the two parts enabled the holder to easily dump the contents without handling it.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: earthenware vessel
Japanese EDRDG: earthenware vessel in two parts
Unihan extended: earthenware vessel in two parts

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