息 breath, breathe, take a rest, son, penis, to strain, to bear or push down, pant, gasp; interest, profiting from an investment of one's deposited resources ′,目,臫,丶,ハ,自,心,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ソク
SO　KU

Kun-yomi

いき
i　ki

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目

モク,ボク,め,～め,ま～ center of a fleshpot, goal, place where eyes are focused, intention, aim, contents, experience, favored, care, an item such as might appear on a menu of choices, eyes

　FLESHPOT CENTER
…or: CONTAINER of ORIFICES
…or: THREE ORIFICES in one container
　

臫

キョウ,つつし instinctive mentulomania, self-exertion, male of any species, bonoboist, pride, to boast; to esteem, respect; self-inspection, to sympathize, pity, feel sorry for

　CEREBRAL FRONTAL LOBE, PERSONALLY, MYSELF and PENIS
　

丶

チュ,× emphasized part of a glyph

　[emphasis is HERE in a glyph]
　

ハ

× HTML entity: ハ emit downward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
…or: HEAD TAUT
　

自

ジ,シ,みずか,おの cerebral frontal lobe, I, self, itself, her/himself, oneself, personally, myself

　MARKED AS EMPHASIZED PART OF A GLYPH, THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE and CENTER OF A FLESHPOT, THE GOAL, PLACE WHERE EYES ARE FOCUSED, EYES, CONTENTS, EXPERIENCE, FAVORED, CARE
　

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 GOAL, PLACE WHERE EYES ARE FOCUSED, INTENTION, AIM, CONTENTS of SPEWING PENIS
…or: INSTINCTIVE MENTULOMANIA, SELF-EXERTION, MALE OF ANY SPECIES, BONOBOIST, PRIDE, TO BOAST, ESTEEM, RESPECT, SELF-INSPECTION, SYMPATHIZE and EMPHASIZED EMISSIONS, DOWNWARD SPLASHING
…or: CEREBRAL FRONTAL LOBE, ONESELF PERSONALLY, MYSELF and FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, INTENT, -MINDED, -HEARTED, SPEWING PENIS, INTELLIGENT PLANNING, THE SOUL
…or: MIND and HEART
…or: MY THOUGHT PROCESS and SPIRIT
…or: LOOKING DIRECTLY at a SPEWING PENIS

「Frontal lobe, self」with「heart, spirit, mind, appendage spewing venom」depicts the essence of life: BREATHE, BREATH. The meaning of SON perhaps evolved from「one's own mind」or「my cerebral thought process spirit」but this is certainly not always the case between a father and son.
「Cerebral thought process of appendage spewing drops of venom」that would more likely depict most any male human being at one time or another for that matter: like father, like SON. Note that oxygen from BREATHING is assimilated by hemoglobin in the blood and pumped throughout the body by the physical「heart」to the「frontal lobe, brain」in order to keep the person alive and thinking.
「Historical accounts from the 18th century indicate that adult-child sex (particularly same-sex pairings) were an accepted practice in China, Japan, Africa, Turkey, Arabia, Egypt, and the Islamic areas of India (Trumbach, 1977).」
[ https://www.ipce.info/library/journal-article/legal-social-and-biological-definitions-pedophilia 2012-01-01 ]
Meanings of PENIS, GASPING, PUSHING DOWN UPON, and SON all seem related to 憩, this same glyph with the「tongue, tonguing the old man」element added (…that was daily life in China 活). Keeping testosterone (a powerful male steroid) all in the family was known to strengthen one's offspring by making a deposit of resources for the future, compounding the effect as INTEREST compounds.
「In traditional Chinese medicine, there has never been a mental disease called pedophilia (or an equivalent term), or homosexuality, or most of the other so-called sexual variations for that matter. …Children are usually described as natural sexual beings and erotic stimulation and sex-play are seen as beneficial to their healthy development.」
[ https://docx2.com/wp-content/uploads/Are-Any-of-the-Pharaphilias-in-DSM-Mental-Disorders_.pdf 2023-05-14 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest
Japanese EDRDG: breath, respiration, son, interest (monetary)
Unihan extended: rest, put stop to, end, cease

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.