応 must, should, response, react, affirming that something must be done; I accept, answer, in proportion to, corresponding to [something else] 丿,亠,厂,丶,一,ハ,乚,广,心,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

オウ　･　⺕ウ　･　～ノウ
O　U　･　YO　U　･　NO　U

Kun-yomi

あた(る　･　まさに　･　こた(える
a　ta　ru　･　ma　sa　ni　･　ko　ta　e　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

丿

ヘツ,えい,よう straight up erect, quick jerking movement, stretched taut

　ERECT, FLING
　

亠

トウ,× emphasis on rod, palming, under control, covered

　THIS IS THE POINT emphasis on ROD, SEGMENT, ARRAY, INDICATES EXTENT
　

厂

カン,かりがね hand, cliff, curtain

　STRAIGHT UP and LATERAL
…or: ARRAY of ERECTIONS
…or: ROD ERECT
　

丶

チュ,× emphasized part of a glyph

　[emphasis is HERE in a glyph]
　

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
　

ハ

× HTML entity: ハ emit downward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
…or: HEAD TAUT
　

乚

イン,オン,かく,かか,よ appendage capable of spewing venom; concealed threat

　APPENDAGE CAPABLE OF SPEWING VENOM
　

广

ゲン,× widespread behavior of humans in caves, early human habitations, a cave of wonder

　emphasis on HAND
…or: PALMING, HEAD CONTROL of ERECTION
…or: emphasis on ARRAY of ERECTIONS
…or: emphasis on CLIFF
　

心

シン,こころ,～ごころ feelings, thoughts, intent, -minded, -hearted, heart, spewing penis, intelligent planning, the soul

　CAPABLE OF SPEWING VENOM with MANY DROPS flying
…or: emphasis on EMISSIONS with BEND APPENDAGE
　

Meanings of elements

emphasis on ROD ERECTION with PENIS SPEWING INTENTIONS
…or: CAVERN with SOUL
…or: PALMING ERECTION of VENOM-SPEWING APPENDAGE

Seems to refer to human vocalization and hollering during sex or other penis-spewing display of actions that apparently evolved exactly for the purpose of attracting additional mates during copulation sessions, meaning SURE, O.K., I AGREE, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE about that, SHOULD AND MUST REACT, a REACTION and RESPONSE, AFFIRMING that something must be now be performed.
Also seems to refer to actions IN PROPORTION TO, and CORRESPONDING TO「venom-spewing appendage」or「feelings, heart, mind」inside the tribal「cavern」: SHOULD or MUST REACT with a RESPONSE, I AGREE SOMETHING MUST BE DONE immediately about that problem. Formerly used elements of「in cavern」with「wild goose screams」and「feelings, spewing appendage」(應) that would necessarily elicit some sort of REACTION and RESPONSE when heard, such as when hearing the terrified screams of another person after sighting some other diseased appendage spewing venomous drops as the screams reverberated throughout the cave, AFFIRMING that something must be done about it, sighting a huge scorpion, or the screaming may have been caused by medical treatments, reaming the urethra with a bougie to remove gleet, a painful procedure that caused blood-curdling screams as the curdled blood was being extracted. Note these other meanings: to reward, to take its toll, to strike home, to have an effect on, to be hard on someone, and so on.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Japanese variant of 應|应
Japanese EDRDG: apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept
Unihan extended: should, ought to, must

Used within names (nanori)
お　･　たか　･　まさ

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.