鋻 mirror, pattern, model, reflection, to warn or give a warning, examine and learn, appraisal, self-assessment; symmetrical image, mirror image, two-edged sword, something that can cut in opposite ways 鉅,丨,又,臣,臤,金,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ケン
KE　N

Kun-yomi

つるぎのは
tsu　ru　gi　no　ha

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

鉅

キョ,はがね iron grate, grating, hook used to suspend items over a firepit for cooking or drying

　METAL BAND, CONTRAPTION FOR HANGING ITEMS OVER FLAME HEAT with ORIFICE, CAVITY OR PASSAGE OF THE BODY
…or: METALLIC, DIGGING GOLD, PERSON THRUSTING DOWNWARD with LARGE DIMENSIONS, GIGANTIC, WIDE BERTH, WARNING TO MAINTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM
　

丨

コン,シ,ジョ,ニョ,すす,しりぞ vertical, reciprocating motion vertically, rod stalk or stem while vertical

　TOP TO BOTTOM, BOTTOM TO TOP, UP-DOWN
　

又

ユウ,また,また～ once again, this or that, yield, both, any method at all, crotch

　GASPING and TAUT
…or: LAME FOOT with the OTHER SIDE, TOO
　

臣

シン,ジン,× vassal of the liege lord, faithful, trusted, servant, to be on guard, guarded concubine, slave, captive, varlet

　LARGE DIMENSIONS, WIDE BERTH, WARNING TO MAINTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM with EXTENT on each side
　

臤

カン,ケン,コウ,キョウ,かた under control, hard, unyielding, firm, shrewd, wise

　VASSAL OF THE LIEGE LORD, TRUSTED SERVANT, BE ON GUARD, CONCUBINE, SLAVE, CAPTIVE, VARLET and CROTCH, ONCE AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME, OR, THIS OR THAT, YIELD, BOTH OF THEM, FURTHER AND MORE, FURTHERMORE
　

金

キン,コン,ゴン,かね,かな～,～がね metallic, digging, gold, person thrusting downward, valuables, testicles, source of wealth

　HAVING MORE THAN NEEDED, EXCESSIVE, TOO MUCH TO USE, SURPLUS, REMAINING, EXTRA RELAXED, I (USED BY EMPEROR ONLY) on ROD, INDICATES EXTENT
…or: PERSON, TAUT ERECTION with THRUSTING DOWNWARD FUCK, BECOME DRAINED OF FLUIDS, EBB, MAIN TRUNK SHAFT with SPURTING STANCE, PERCOLATING GUSHING HOT FLUIDS FROM HOLLOW SHAFT, ROD with EMISSIONS
　

Meanings of elements

CROTCH within SUSPENDED OVER with RODS
…or: HARD AND TIGHT SHREWD SERVICE PROVIDER CROTCH IN CONTROL and METALLIC, PERSON THRUSTING DOWNWARD AND SPURTING

[See 鑑]「Metal for guarding crotch」as a polished, metallic MIRROR. The first mirrors, other than a still bowl or pool of water, were polished metal (not glass). Glass mirrors are silver metal-plated on the back to provide the reflection in which one can stare at one's body, EXAMINE yourself by seeing your own reflection and how others view you, LEARN from what you see and conduct an APPRAISAL. PATTERN, MODEL may be a reflection of what is seen in the mirror.
Note that the elements meaning「metal」are「person taking stance with downward thrusting motions of penis」with「feet straddled and maintaining some distance on each side and scrutinizing one's crotch」looking for signs of illness in a PATTERN of known symptoms, a WARNING of impending pain, doom, and an early death (鍳).「Suspend over crotch」holding a mirror while lying supine and performing a self-inspection.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: variant of 鑑|鉴

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.