亘 extending all the way across, from one side to the opposite side, spanning the full range, special request, to cross over from one side to the opposite side; full service, accepting all comers 三,口,二,曰,一,旦,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

コウ　･　カン
KO　U　･　KA　N

Kun-yomi

わた(る　･　もと(める
wa　ta　ru　･　mo　to　me　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

三

サン,ゾウ,み,みっ many times, three

　ONE with TWO
　

口

コウ,ク,くち orifice, mouth, cavity or passage of the body; an opening, aperture, vent

　ORIFICE
　

二

ニ,ジ,ふた,ふたたび two; a change of physical state

　ONE (twice)
　

曰

エツ,いわ,のたま,ここに tonguing something, tongue in a mouth, speak, say; having a reason to do something, pretending, a pretext, excuse given to hide the true reason for something, rod within orifice or mouth

　ROD in ORIFICE, MOUTH
…or: ORIFICE, MOUTH and ARRAYED
…or: RAISED ROD in CAVITY CONTAINMENT
…or: DIVINE, DIVA with IN-OUT, END-TO-END
　

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
　

旦

タン,ダン,あき,あきら,ただし,あさ,あした on the verge, on the edge, feudal lord, braggart, chutzpah, gall, husband, brothel client, female role, dawn, dawning, an awakening

　SUN above HORIZON
…or: TONGUING MOUTH ARRAY
　

Meanings of elements

THREE, MANY RODS sequentially in ORIFICE, MOUTH
…or: ROD with TONGUING MOUTH and with another ROD
…or: ARRAY, LINE UP of TONGUING MOUTHS
…or: TWO with a TONGUING MOUTH, HAVING A REASON TO DO SOMETHING, A PRETEXT GIVEN TO HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR SOMETHING, ROD WITHIN ORIFICE OR MOUTH
…or: ROD and FEMALE ROLE, HUSBAND, BROTHEL CLIENT, DAWNING, AN AWAKENING, ON THE VERGE, ON THE EDGE, LORD BRAGGART CHUTZPAH, GALLING

「Line, and on the verge from edge to edge」as EXTENDING ALL THE WAY ACROSS FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, to SPAN THE ENTIRE RANGE that some scholars suggest depicts sunrise to sunset.「Sun between two horizontal lines, horizons」also depicts a SPAN within a LIMITED RANGE from the perspective of a person on the surface of Earth, and EXTENDING ALL THE WAY ACROSS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE, but doesn't cover the meaning of 'request' too well.
「Rod with tonguing mouth and with another rod」also as TO REQUEST that seems to have little, if any, relationship with the Sun, and more to do with requesting some sort of special service to be performed along a line, or two, of「tonguing mouths」such as RUNNING ALL THE WAY THROUGH each of those mouths just to get the feel of every one, or, due to having a taste for [something]. Clearly a「rod on one side of a tonguing mouth with another rod on the other side」would depict MOVING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE, and likely back and forth again in repeating cycles until everyone's REQUEST was fully satisfied. Japanese pronunciation does suggest all of「crossing over, shuttling from side to side」and both「friends」with the grammatical plural form of something, so this latter interpretation is rather likely, and fulfills all given meanings with their pronunciations as well. Needless to point out is that「two tonguing mouths」might also be a remote possibility for these elements, and requested in a brothel, but the positioning of the tonguing mouth between the two rods seems to preclude this scenario. Then again, there could be three rods here, with one at a time in orifice and in sequence, and so on.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: extending all the way across; running all the way through
Japanese EDRDG: span, request
Unihan extended: extend across, through; from

Used within names (nanori)
せん　･　のぶ　･　とうる　･　わたる　･　ひさし

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.