標 signpost, marker, indicator, symbol, the prize awarded, a bid 柰,木,覀,示,票,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ヒョウ
HYO　U

Kun-yomi

しるべ　･　しるし
shi　ru　be　･　shi　ru　shi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

柰

ナ,ナイ,ダイ,いかん,からなし endure, to bear; endurance; sour apples; small tart red fruit, crabapple; no cure, no help possible

　WHAT CAN BE DONE? HOW CAN ONE HELP? with ROD
…or: WOODY with DISPLAY
…or: WOOD on SACRIFICIAL MEAT ALTAR
　

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
　

覀

× necessary; dripping from orifices; drops falling

　inverted ORGY, PILING ON IN LAYERS within CAVITY
…or: RODS double DOWN from/in ORIFICE(S)
…or: ARRAY of RODS in NETTING
　

示

ジ,シ,しめ show, display, reveal, indicate, apparent, altar for sacrificed meat, religion, to discipline, to demonstrate, exemplify

　TWO RODS, CHANGE OF PHYSICAL STATE with STREAM OF EMISSIONS, YOUNG MINOR, SMALL HUMAN MOUND, DEEP FEELING
…or: RECIPROCATING ROD with DOWN and STREAM OF FLUID with EMISSIONS
…or: ROD and MALE ADULT BLASTING DISCHARGE FROM BARREL with EMISSIONS
…or: SMALL STEPS with EMIT DOWNWARD
　

票

ヒョウ,× holding a person for ransom, hostage, a business transaction, voucher, purchase order, delivery receipt, negotiable paper currency; lottery, taking a chance; ticket, tag, label, sign, slip of paper, chit, ballot, vote

　SHRINE OR TEMPLE PROSTITUTION, RELIGIOUS CONVERSION, ADOPTING A NEW SET OF BELIEFS, I BELIEVE!, CONGREGATION OF BELIEVERS with multiple DOWN, RODS DOWN
…or: NECESSARY, DRIPPING FROM ORIFICES, DROPS FALLING with SHOW, DISPLAY, INDICATE, ALTAR, RELIGION
　

Meanings of elements

WOODY with DRIPPING ORIFICE DISPLAYED
…or: ENDURE with NECESSARY, DRIPPING FROM ORIFICE
…or: TREE, WOOD, SHAFT, POST with SIGN, INDICATOR, CORDON OFF
…or: WOODY and A BUSINESS TRANSACTION, TAKING A CHANCE
…or: WOODY with HOSTAGE

A「tree used as a sign.」A tree with a sign posted.「Woody with the hostage」as something awarded.「Woody with a dripping orifice displayed」in need of servicing while in heat (熛), or, in need of medical treatment and is a sign warning all to stay away. Elements combined in other variations abound.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: the topmost branches of a tree; surface; sign; to mark; (outward) sign; indication; prize; award; bid
Japanese EDRDG: signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target
Unihan extended: a mark, symbol, label, sign; standard

Used within names (nanori)
しべ

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.