敬 respect, salute, esteem, honor, awe, humbling 苟,茍,攵,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ケイ　･　キョウ
KE　I　･　KYO　U

Kun-yomi

うやま(う
u　ya　ma　u

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

苟

コウ,ク,いやしく if…, supposing…, negligent, careless, temporarily permissible, a slight degree (of some trait), self-persuasion, self-justification, illicit, only for the time being, dispensation of responsibility, seeming as if a good idea at the time of performance

　EMERGING SHAFTS, STALKS, STEMS and SEDUCTION, TRAP, HOOKED, CONNECTED, CORRALLED
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS with HEAD WRAPPED TENSE AND GASPING IN ORIFICE
　

茍

× urgently looking around first, circumspect, cautious behavior; shallow thinking, to behave thoughtlessly

　RAISED RODS, UNDERAGE GIRL as SEDUCTION TRAPS or with PHRASES
　

攵

ホク,× goad, coerce, force, incite action, prostrate and stroking, whacking

　SUPINE with PETTING CROSSING MOTION
…or: WHACKED and PROSTRATED
　

Meanings of elements

EMERGING SHAFT with HEAD WRAPPED TENSE AND GASPING IN ORIFICE and with INCITING ACTION
…or: NEGLIGENT, CARELESS, SUPPOSING, A SLIGHT DEGREE OF SOME TRAIT, SELF-PERSUASION, SELF-JUSTIFICATION, ONLY FOR THE TIME BEING, TEMPORARILY PERMISSIBLE, DISPENSATION OF RESPONSIBILITY, SEEMING AS IF A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME OF PERFORMANCE with COERCE, FORCE, INCITE ACTION, PROSTRATE AND STROKING, WHACKING
…or: URGENTLY LOOKING AROUND FIRST, CIRCUMSPECT, CAUTIOUS BEHAVIOR, SHALLOW THINKING, BEHAVE THOUGHTLESSLY with COERCE, FORCE, INCITE ACTION, PROSTRATE AND STROKING, WHACKING

[Elements vary by font]「caution forced」or,「whacked for one's thoughtlessness」is commanding RESPECT, a HUMBLING experience. It might be suggested, often without merit of course, that having one's「emerging shaft head wrapped tense with gasps in orifice, seduced, snagged, corralled」presupposes RESPECT for the mating partner insofar as not thinking that some takeaway bacterial or virus will accompany the parties upon withdrawal. Other combinations imply justifying one's actions based on believing in, or wanting to believe in, someone else with a feeling of appreciation (not too difficult to persuade oneself of most anything when one's emerging shaft head is wrapped tense with gasps in an orifice).
Another way to be RESPECTED is to「caution」others that they will be「whacked」with the living daylights beaten out of them, forcing submission and HUMILITY…a schoolyard bully may not be liked and employs unacceptable tactics, but a bully is often respected nonetheless, as in 'not to be taken lightly' and 'avoid interference with, keep one's distance if possible' (caution is forced upon reasonable people. The bully is not esteemed, but his or her power to harm is respected).
Somewhat contrary in application, elements as「prone and petting」with「thoughtlessness, young seductress」who commands AWE and client ESTEEM. Females from a young age were highly trained and sold (and purchased) as sexual slave service providers, a legal practice until quite recently in China (1949) and sanctioned throughout history by societies worldwide…in fact, although now illegal in most parts, it still occurs rather often today.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer
Japanese EDRDG: awe, respect, honor, revere
Unihan extended: respect, honor; respectfully

Used within names (nanori)
け　･　たか　･　たかし　･　たけ　･　とし　･　のり　･　ひろ　･　ゆき　･　よし

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.