坯 work-in-process, unfired earthenware, semi-finished product; soil piled and compacted as a dam; blanks 坏,一,不,土,丕,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ヒ　･　ハイ　･　ヘ
HI　･　HA　I　･　HE

Kun-yomi

おか
o　ka

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

坏

ハイ,つき,おか rotten, spoiled, bad, broken down; small clay handleless cup, small bowl-shaped clay object

　ROD HEAD SLIDING in COMPACTED CLAY, NIGHT SOIL, TURDS
…or: SOIL, CLAY, FECES with CLUMSY, BAD
…or: SOIL with UNOPENED BUD
…or: SOIL, CLAY, FECES with NEGATION, DO NOT
…or: FECES with ROD HEAD SLIDING and emphasis on RECIPROCATING VERTICAL MOTION
…or: HEAD SLIDING in LOWER SOIL, LOWLANDS
　

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

不

フ,ブ,× unevenness, irregularity, lack of uniformity, clumsy, bad job, negation, not, un-; calyx, unopened blossom

　ARRAY of HEAD and FLACCID
　

土

ド,ト,つち soil, night soil (feces)

　SCREWING with ROD
…or: RODS UP
…or: ROD within A FLESH SEAM
　

丕

ヒ,おお grand, glorious, distinguished; unopened blossoms on parade

　UNOPENED BLOSSOMS in ARRAY
…or: UNOPENED BLOSSOMS on ROD IN RECIPROCAL HORIZONTAL MOTION
　

Meanings of elements

ROTTEN, SPOILED, BAD, BROKEN DOWN with ROD STALK OR STEM, INDICATES EXTENT
…or: SOIL, CLAY, FECES with UNOPENED BLOSSOMS ON PARADE, GLORIOUS, DISTINGUISHED
…or: SOIL, CLAY, EXCRETA, ORDURE, FECES and NOT on ROD

「Feces not on rod」describes UNFIRED CLAY, soil or other clay-like matter that has not yet been heated in a kiln, or in other words, not yet had that experience, an as yet-unfinished work in process.
Not yet fully fired, partially opened blossoms, work-in-progress or unfinished goods…soil orifices of the emperors flower-concubines that were not yet completely fired, night soil not yet finished being heated by the fierce flame of the grand erection of the lord. Concubines in the harem whom the lord had noted he still wanted to engage again. The Chinese dragon emperors had thousands of females in harems, and could not service them all more than once, generally, but sometimes a herd meat asset made a lasting impression on her owner. A blank coin was one not yet stamped with the image or shape of the emperor or lord on both sides, front and back, noting that Chinese coins had a hole, an orifice in the center (see 円).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: blank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
Japanese EDRDG: dam, embankment, weir
Unihan extended: dam, embankment; weir

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.