皃 countenance, face, the appearance of something, shape, how to do it, image, imagine, imagination, to imitate ′,曰,一,口,白,丿,乚,儿,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ボウ　･　バク
BO　U　･　BA　KU

Kun-yomi

かたち　･　かたどる
ka　ta　chi　･　ka　ta　do　ru

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曰

エツ,いわ,のたま,ここに tonguing something, tongue in a mouth, speak, say; having a reason to do something, pretending, a pretext, excuse given to hide the true reason for something, rod within orifice or mouth

　ROD in ORIFICE, MOUTH
…or: ORIFICE, MOUTH and ARRAYED
…or: RAISED ROD in CAVITY CONTAINMENT
…or: DIVINE, DIVA with IN-OUT, END-TO-END
　

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

口

コウ,ク,くち orifice, mouth, cavity or passage of the body; an opening, aperture, vent

　ORIFICE
　

白

ハク,ビャク,しろ,しら～ open-mouthed, conspicuous, white, blank, empty, staring in a stupor, to make clear, inspection

　emphasis marker above TONGUE IN MOUTH
…or: emphasis marker above ROD in MOUTH
　

丿

ヘツ,えい,よう straight up erect, quick jerking movement, stretched taut

　ERECT, FLING
　

乚

イン,オン,かく,かか,よ appendage capable of spewing venom; concealed threat

　APPENDAGE CAPABLE OF SPEWING VENOM
　

儿

ジン,ニン,がい squatting copulation with bended knees, not walking, the male

　ERECTION, QUICK MOVEMENT with PENIS
…or: STRAIGHT UP ERECTION with BENT PENIS
　

Meanings of elements

TONGUING OPEN-MOUTHED CONSPICUOUSLY WHITE from COPULATION
…or: emphasis on ROD in ORIFICE, MOUTH with COPULATION, PENILE ERECTION

「Conspicuously white open-mouthed tonguing, emphasis on rod in mouth」and「copulating」into a FACE, the facial APPEARANCE, one's COUNTENANCE. Traditionally, Asian women in general tend to desire as「white」a face as possible, even covering it with powdered white rice historically and other cosmetics to achieve that result…can you imagine?「Copulating into an opened, tonguing mouth conspicuously white」in a FACE, and not some other bodily part or organ of bonobo-humans. Note that the original glyph (貌) included「hairy beast」「meat gushing chunks」as the one performing facialization copulation. Further note that this behaviour is still popular today, at least among those hairy beasts, thousands of years after this glyph was created.
「Conspicuous emphasis on rod in orifice」of any variety, with「penile erection copulating, legs bent, male」all suggest an expanded meaning beyond merely a face, as HOW TO DO IT, to formulate an IMAGE in one's IMAGINATION of how to IMITATE these actions in APPEARANCE: the overall SHAPE needed to do the deed.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: variant of 貌
Japanese EDRDG: countenance, appearance
Unihan extended: countenance, appearance

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.