塞 to stuff into, to plug, fill in the holes, clog, insert the cork into a tight hole, to be occupied, occupation of a place, tactical position; stand in another's path or way, blocking access, many pricks inside, obstructed 宀,一,共,龶,龶,ハ,土,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ソク　･　サイ
SO　KU　･　SA　I

Kun-yomi

ふさ(ぐ　･　とりで　･　み(ちる
fu　sa　gu　･　to　ri　de　･　mi　chi　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

宀

ベン,メン,× surround from above, deliberately out-of-reach, at home, roofed area

　SURROUND, COVERED ALL SIDES from above (marker)
　

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
　

共

キョウ,とも,～ども communal, communist, a commune; to share commonly, all together; cooperating, buddy system, working jointly; both; one on top of another; layered; an orgy

　multiple NIGHT SOIL EMISSIONS
…or: COOPERATIVE EMISSIONS
…or: COMMUNAL EMISSIONS
…or: DUO of UPWARD THRUSTING with EMISSIONS
　

龶

× HTML entity: 龶 prick, to stab, tapered, painful condition, thorn, scorpion telson with setae bristles

　MANY TIMES with RECIPROCAL ROD MOTION
…or: PENIS within CRAFTY FLESH SEAM
…or: ROD UP with TURGID-FLACCID CHANGING STATE
…or: ROD within FECES
…or: ARRAY of FLESH SEAMS
　

龶

× HTML entity: 龶 prick, to stab, tapered, painful condition, thorn, scorpion telson with setae bristles

　MANY TIMES with RECIPROCAL ROD MOTION
…or: PENIS within CRAFTY FLESH SEAM
…or: ROD UP with TURGID-FLACCID CHANGING STATE
…or: ROD within FECES
…or: ARRAY of FLESH SEAMS
　

ハ

× HTML entity: ハ emit downward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
…or: HEAD TAUT
　

土

ド,ト,つち soil, night soil (feces)

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

Meanings of elements

SURROUND, DELIBERATELY OUT-OF-REACH with RECIPROCATING ROD MOTION, INDICATES EXTENT within COMMUNAL, COMMUNE, SHARE COMMONLY ALL TOGETHER COOPERATING BUDDY SYSTEM, WORKING JOINTLY ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER, LAYERED, AN ORGY with FECES
…or: SURROUND DELIBERATELY with multiple PRICKS STABBING, PAINFUL CONDITION and EMISSIONS SPLASHING DOWN with SOIL, CLAY, FECES

「Clay」that was (is still) used to「surround from above, be deliberately out-of-reach」and fill the walls of a「roof and framework, lattice of pricks juxtaposed side by side」(sharpened bamboo splints woven together, 策) FILLING THE GAPS and holes of a lattice framework anchored to a solid base, much akin to plaster in the West before the days of infamous Chinese-made wallboard. Until the last century, most traditional Japanese houses used this type of wall construction. Repair splints were sharpened to enable easy attachment into existing clay walls in order to PLUG THE GAPS. Lattice walls plastered with clay were strong, waterproof, earthquake resistant, easily repaired, well insulating, constructed in a very short time, and cheap. The walls could be broken through fairly easily though by someone determined to enter, but peasants had nothing valuable that the lords wanted anyway, other than young family members TO STUFF, INSERTING THE CORK INTO A TIGHT HOLE.
Obviously,「surrounded from above by two pricks side by side emitting into feces」also describes TO STUFF, INSERTING A CORK INTO A TIGHT HOLE: see glyphs meaning「both」「female cicada」「elder brother(s)」「close male relative」and so on.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to stop up; to stuff; to cope with; strategic pass; tactical border position; to stop up; to squeeze in; to stuff; cork; stopper; Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚
Japanese EDRDG: close, shut, cover, block, obstruct
Unihan extended: stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress

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.