楊 poplar tree; aspen tree; willow 柦,勿,木,昜,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

⺕ウ
YO　U

Kun-yomi

かわ　･　やなぎ
ka　wa　･　ya　na　gi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

柦

タン,× distinctive, fragrant smell, unmistakable odor, line of pricks, hawthorn, railing, pickets, quince shrub, fragrant hard astringent fruit

　TREE, WOOD, WOODY and ON THE VERGE, ON THE EDGE, FEUDAL LORD, BRAGGART, CHUTZPAH, GALL, HUSBAND, BROTHEL CLIENT, FEMALE ROLE, DAWNING, AN AWAKENING
…or: WOODY with TONGUING MOUTH ARRAY
…or: WOODY ARRAYED and SPEAK, HAVING A REASON TO DO SOMETHING, PRETENDING, A PRETEXT, EXCUSE GIVEN TO HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR SOMETHING
　

勿

モチ,ブツ,ボツ,なか,なし gushing out and bubbly, often with chunks of suspended material; animal litters, animal births; spontaneous abortion, miscarriage; do not; not yet

　HEAD IN TENSION, SKIN SLIT with HEADS SLIDING DOWN (doubled)
　

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
　

昜

⺕ウ,× not closed-mouthed; opened; gushing, bubbling; able to open; expanded; bright; a deep-down glorious feeling

　TWICE, CHANGING STATE inside SUCKING LIPS AND MOUTH
…or: ROD within EASILY CHANGE
…or: FELLATRIX but NOT YET READY
…or: FEMALE ROLE, DAWNING, AN AWAKENING with GUSHING STUFF
　

Meanings of elements

DISTINCTIVE, FRAGRANT SMELL, UNMISTAKABLE ODOR and GUSHING SUSPENDED MATERIAL, NOT YET
…or: TREE, WOODY and NOT CLOSED-MOUTHED, GUSHING, BUBBLING, BRIGHTLY FLASHING, A DEEP-DOWN GLORIOUS FEELING

「The opening buds and young leaves of Balsam Poplar (Populus spp.) in Spring have a sweet honey or musk smell.」
[ https://gabrielhemery.com/2011/07/25/fragrant-and-odiferous-trees 2014-07-05 ]
Some sort of「wide open, gushing bubbly sounds with chunks」expanded branches type of「tree.」Both the glyph and pronunciation in Japanese resemble WILLOW. The willow, poplar, and aspen all have「quaking leaves」that twist and turn in the slightest breeze and「flash」in sunlight due to the reverse side of the leaves being a different color, resembling a licking tongue in some ways and gushing bubbles with chunks in other ways as the leaves sometimes dislodge. The twisting leaves create「openings」that allow sunshine to penetrate the branches and all the leaves throughout the tree to photosynthesize at higher rates, and to allow the outer leaves to remain cooler to prevent burning and excessive drying in direct hot sunrays. Note that in the Orient, perhaps due to this very glyph, the「willow world」is used as a euphemism for the daily life of prostitutes, concubines, and 'singing girls' (often, with chunks, and a sweet honeypot or musk-like smell). A DIVA is a highly distinguished female singer, and the word originates from「divine, a goddess, a really good singing girl」who was trained as the apprentice of a divining female, the local shaman witch doctor…「singing girl」is a euphemism for a superb sexual services provider, perhaps since she can use her tongue so well or because she causes her clientele to cry out loud and burst into hollering song. Shamans sold the services of these girls, and sold the girls themselves, too…called 'witch doctors' because they also sold divination services along with sex, and attempted to doctor you up after you contracted a sexually transmitted infectious disease in the 'temple of love.'

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: poplar
Japanese EDRDG: willow
Unihan extended: willow, poplar, aspen

Used within names (nanori)
やな

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.