異 the other (of two), the opposite sex, hetero- [prefix], distinguish a difference, distinct, variation, unusual, strange, uncommon queerness, discriminate 里,土,ハ,㗊,田,共,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

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Kun-yomi

こと　･　こと(なる　･　け
ko　to　･　ko　to　na　ru　･　ke

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

里

リ,さと internal lining, inside soil walls, pathway into night soil, one's birthplace origins upbringing or past, hometown, hamlet, countryside, rural; prostitution district, area of special administration, measurement testing for inclusion

　PADDY with CLAY, SOIL, FECES
…or: PRICK within ORIFICE, SPREAD LEGS
…or: PLUGGING ORIFICE(S) with FECES
…or: HARD-BODIED ROD, PLOWING in CAVITY
…or: SCREWING in FECAL ORIFICE
　

土

ド,ト,つち soil, night soil (feces)

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

ハ

× HTML entity: ハ emit downward

　EMISSIONS, EMIT DROPS
…or: HEAD TAUT
　

㗊

× public use, public opinion, clamour, thunderous, protoplasm, slime, slimy, dark red pigment; porphyrin, stupid, slow

　MANY ORIFICES
…or: ROWDY BEHAVIOR, many JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES
　

田

デン,た plugged and filled orifice or cavity, wet area for implanting, wetlands, moist night soil, rice paddy, muck pool, slurry pit; public use, many orifices

　TEN in ORIFICE
…or: MANY, MANY ORIFICES
…or: BLOCKED, FILLED, SCREWING and ORIFICE, ENCLOSURE
…or: SOIL in CAVITY
…or: PENIS inverted in SPREAD LEGS
　

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
　

Meanings of elements

UPBRINGING, INTERNAL LINING OF SOIL WALLS, PATH INTO NIGHT SOIL, PROSTITUTION DISTRICT, AREA OF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION, MEASUREMENT TESTING FOR INCLUSION with SOIL, CLAY, FECES and with EMIT DOWNWARD
…or: PUBLIC USE, PUBLIC OPINION, CLAMOUR, THUNDEROUS, PROTOPLASM SLIME, DARK RED PIGMENT, PLUGGING FILLED ORIFICE, WET AREA FOR IMPLANTING, WETLANDS, MUCK POOL SLURRY PIT, MANY ORIFICES and COMMUNAL, A COMMUNE, TO SHARE COMMONLY ALL TOGETHER COOPERATING, BUDDY SYSTEM WORKING JOINTLY, BOTH, ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER, LAYERED, AN ORGY
…or: FILLED ORIFICE, SCREWING IN ORIFICE, MUCK ORIFICE with COOPERATING, UPWARD THRUSTING PENISES with EMISSIONS

HETERO is a word-forming element meaning「the other, different than the speaker」from Greek heteros「the other (of two), different, other than usual.」…modern English usage defines hetero- as 'only the other sex, never the same [homo-] sex.' Elements suggest learning that ANYTHING GOES sexually,「share and cooperate communally and orgiastically」:
「The bonobo, an African ape closely related to humans, has an even bigger sexual appetite. Studies suggest 75 percent of bonobo sex is nonreproductive and that nearly all bonobos are bisexual.」
[ https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/weird-animal-sex-facts 2023-05-44 ]
Nearly all human males and females as the species emerged from other primates were bisexual, as are bonobos. A purely heterosexual human in dynastic China would have been STRANGE, UNUSUAL, and DIFFERENT from the norm, or, at least among a small minority, if we can believe all the glyphs taken together and integrated as a cultural menage…or perhaps, menagerie is a better term.
「Filled orifice above multiple upward thrusting penises with emissions」to indicate being able to discern a DIFFERENCE in techniques, a STRANGE, UNUSUAL sensation in a DIFFERENT orifice, or with a DIFFERENT penis, enabling someone to become DISCRIMINATING with a preference for one, or the other. Alternatively,「both orifices plugged with emissions」that is, one in each orifice, may also cause a DIFFERENT, UNUSUAL, STRANGE sensation, a VARIATION on the usual theme, UNCOMMON, and cause someone to become DISCRIMINATING with a preference for one, or the other. Scholars say the glyph depicts walking around town with 'both hands holding some sort of a mask' (?), and these elements as 'rice paddy cooperation' do not fit the given meanings but in fact connote the opposite, since cooperation in rice paddies was essential.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
Japanese EDRDG: uncommon, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
Unihan extended: different, unusual, strange

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.