褓 swaddling cloth, infancy, diapers, poultice rags, genital wrappings, incontinency cloths, gleet trap 衤,亻,呆,口,木,十,ハ,保,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ホ　･　ホウ
HO　･　HO　U

Kun-yomi

むつき
mu　tsu　ki

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

衤

×,ころも cloth, cloths, clothes, clothing

　emphasis on the DISPLAY
…or: emphasis on NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT with VERTICAL PERSON WHO SITS MOST OF THE TIME
…or: NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT DRIPPING VERTICALLY with emphasis
…or: NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT with emphasis on FLACCID ROD
　

亻

× person (male generally), rod head, head on rod

　THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON and VERTICAL, RECIPROCATING MOTION, ONE'S ROD, STALK OR STEM
　

呆

ホウ,ほけ,ぼ,あき,おろか person tending to make poor decisions and careless mistakes, idiot, in need of protection, expressionless cognitively torpid fool unable to learn, stupid, empty-headed, senile, big empty space, blockhead; to remain in, to stay within

　MOUTH on WOODY
…or: ORIFICE with WOODY
…or: ORIFICE with SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: ORIFICE and ROD within SMALL YOUTH, MONS PUBIS, STREAM of EMISSIONS
　

口

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

　ORIFICE
　

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
　

十

ジュウ,ジッ,ジュッ,とお filled completely, perfectly full; screwing, rotating, twisting, turning; crossed shape; closing a hole or other opening, plugged, blocked; needle; ten

　VERTICALLY and HORIZONTALLY
…or: TOP TO BOTTOM and SIDE TO SIDE
　

ハ

× HTML entity: ハ emit downward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
…or: HEAD TAUT
　

保

ホ,ホウ,たも ensure, insure, defend, preserve, protect, maintain, keep, sustain, guarantee, to care for

　ON VACATION, TEMPORARILY CEASE DOING SOMETHING with ORIFICE
…or: PERSON, ROD HEAD and TO REMAIN IN, TO STAY WITHIN
…or: DORMANT, DON'T DO THAT! with ORIFICE
…or: WHAT?! TEN MEN UTENSIL, TOOL LIKE TEN MEN with ORIFICE
…or: EMISSIONS and TEN OF SOMETHING, AN ASSORTMENT, MISCELLANEOUS ORIFICES
…or: ROD HEAD SPURTING SOME SORT OF EMISSION and FILLED COMPLETELY, SCREWING ROTATION, HOLE OR OTHER OPENING PLUGGED, BLOCKED, NEEDLE, TEN
…or: PERSON, ROD HEAD and TENDING TO MAKE POOR DECISIONS AND CARELESS MISTAKES, IDIOT IN NEED OF PROTECTION, EXPRESSIONLESS COGNITIVELY TORPID FOOL UNABLE TO LEARN, STUPID, EMPTY-HEADED, SENILE BLOCKHEAD
　

Meanings of elements

CLOTH for ROD HEAD of IDIOT
…or: CLOTH to PROTECT, PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, KEEP, SUSTAIN, GUARANTEE
…or: CLOTH for ROD HEAD ORIFICE with SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: CLOTHS to KEEP HOLD of ROD HEAD ORIFICE on WOODY
…or: CLOTH for REMAINING WITHIN, IDIOT IN NEED OF PROTECTION TENDING TO MAKE POOR DECISIONS AND CARELESS MISTAKES, EXPRESSIONLESS, COGNITIVELY TORPID

Diapers preserve the surroundings from the excretions of an infant, somewhat, and of anyone incontinent or with a constant dribbling or dripping that should not be allowed to spread onto other surfaces:「cloth for protection from idiot」「cloth for rod head orifice with screwing or needle emissions.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: cloth for carrying baby on back
Japanese EDRDG: diaper
Unihan extended: swaddling cloth; infancy

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.