柱 pillar, column, pole, post, a support, counter for buddhas, gods, and nobles 亠,杜,杠,一,丶,枉,木,主,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

チュウ
CHU　U

Kun-yomi

はしら
ha　shi　ra

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

亠

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

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

杜

ト,トウ,ズ,もり,ふさ,やまなし forest; shrine grove; restricted use, stop, prevent; birch-leaf pear tree

　TREE and GROUND, SOIL
…or: WOODY with NIGHT SOIL
　

杠

コウ,ちぎり,てこ bar, rod, lever, thick pole, pry bar; tapered, sharpened, pointed; dildo as joystick; footbridge

　WOOD, STALK, STEM and CLOSED SEAM OF SKIN, CRAFT AND SKILL NECESSARY TO PERFORM A JOB
　

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
　

丶

チュ,× emphasized part of a glyph

　[emphasis is HERE in a glyph]
　

枉

オウ,ま twisted, forcibly, against one's will, unjust, perverse, bent, curved, crooked, useless, in vain

　WOOD ROD with SOIL
…or: RESTRICTED USE, STOP, PREVENT with ROD
…or: LATERAL RECIPROCATING MOTION with BAR, ROD, LEVER, THICK POLE, PRY BAR, TAPERED POINT JOYSTICK, FOOTBRIDGE
…or: WOODY of the KING
…or: WOODY and ROD within FLESH SEAM, CRAFT AND SKILL NECESSARY TO PERFORM A JOB, PLANNING, TRADING ONE THING FOR ANOTHER, SKILLED WORKER WITH WOOD, ARTIST, THE MEANS TO DO, HAVING AN IDEA, A PROFESSIONAL
　

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
　

主

シュ,ス,シュウ,ぬし,おも,あるじ the owner or master, lord, main, principal; GOD

　emphasis on KING
…or: above the KING
…or: PALM in CONTROL of LAND
　

Meanings of elements

CONTROL with RESTRICTED USE
…or: COVER for PREVENTION
…or: emphasis on THICK POLE ARRAY
…or: TWISTED, FORCIBLY, AGAINST ONE'S WILL and THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE
…or: TREE, WOOD and MAIN, PRINCIPAL
…or: the LORD'S WOODY
…or: emphasis on PERVERSE, PERVERTED
…or: emphasis on USELESS, IN VAIN

The main vertical supports of a building, cut from a tree…formerly, these types of pillars were not smooth and perfectly round (other than in palaces and such), but instead were the gnarly trunks of trees with or without all the branches removed. Upper branches make fine additional roof supports, naturally. The woody of a noble or god that is「twisted, gnarly, useless, in vain, perverse, against one's will.」It can be argued that trees do not possess much free will, but「used against one's will with emphasis」also describes a tree cut and placed as a pillar under a constant load, as does「restricted use with control, pushed down from above.」Emphasis on perverted, and useless in vain, suggest BUDDHAS, GODS, and NOBLES as a SUPPORT, perhaps today called a crutch.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: pillar
Japanese: bridge, fret, cylinder, prism, pillar, post, support, prop, mainstay, counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
Unihan extended: pillar, post; support; lean on
EDRDG: pillar; post; cylinder; support

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. 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! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. 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 bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only 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 dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.