桕 tallow, fat, waxy, lubricant, greased, lubricious 木,臼,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

キュウ
KYU　U

Kun-yomi

ぶな
bu　na

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

木

ボク,モク,き,こ～ wood, woody stalk, stem, wooden, a woody, tree, implanted, simple, simpleton, coffin, encased death, unfeeling, numb

　TWISTING a TAUT HEAD
…or: SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: HAND on TAUT ROD
　

臼

キュウ,グ,うす,うすづ cavity with two sets of lips, any space between bones, place for pounding and grinding, trap, mortar, mincing raw meat

　CAVITY with TWO SETS OF LIPS
…or: REPEATEDLY ROD(S) in CAVITY
…or: BOBBING HEAD with ROD RAISED and FIRM GRASP
…or: multiple DISEASED PENIS, SWINE'S SNOUT, PIG'S HEAD, DOG SNOUT (as euphemisms) within CAVITY
　

Meanings of elements

TREE like a CAVITY WITH TWO SETS OF LIPS
…or: WOODY with CAVITY HAVING TWO SETS OF LIPS

A「tree like a honeypot」with a waxy coating on its seeds, the TALLOW TREE:「…insects have a conditioned behavioral avoidance to eating the…Chinese tallow tree, and this, rather than plant toxins, may be a reason for the success of the plant as an invasive. The plant is sold in nurseries as an ornamental tree. It is not choosy about soil types or drainage, but will not grow in deep shade. …It is prized for its abundant and often spectacular autumn foliage. …The seed's white waxy aril is used in soap making. The seed's inner oil is toxic but has industrial applications. The nectar is non-toxic, and it has become a major honey plant for beekeepers. The honey is of high quality, and is produced copiously during the month of June…. The tree is highly ornamental, fast growing and a good shade tree. It is especially noteworthy if grown in areas that have strong seasonal temperature ranges with the leaves becoming a multitude of colours rivaling maples in the autumn. The tree grows well in urban areas, and is very good for 'sidewalk holes' along busy roads with a lot of traffic where most trees will not grow well.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triadica_sebifera 2014-04-25 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
Japanese EDRDG: tallow tree
Unihan extended: tallow tree

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.