那 a commoner; peasant, serf; that, those, that pussy, …in that case, …then… 二,刀,冃,冄,⻏,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ナ　･　ダ
NA　･　DA

Kun-yomi

なに　･　なんぞ　･　いかん
na　ni　･　na　n　zo　･　i　ka　n

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

二

ニ,ジ,ふた,ふたたび two; a change of physical state

　ONE (twice)
　

刀

トウ,かたな,そり ream a hole, a reamer; sever, cut; shear, mow; weapon or tool with a pointed end or sharpened edge

　QUICK MOVEMENT and TENSE
…or: ERECTION in NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
　

冃

ボウ,モウ,ずきん,おお throbbing, pulsating; repeated series of swelling and shrinking, turgid and flaccid; something covering a head

　CHANGING STATE within SPREAD LEGS
…or: SPREAD LEGS DOUBLE WIDE
…or: TWICE in SPREAD LEGS
　

冄

ゼン,ネン,あや gradually alternating, slowly taking turns, tenderly, two modes, weaken resistance

　TWO on SPREAD LEGS
…or: SPREAD LEGS with two RODS within
…or: CHANGING STATE on SPREAD LEGS
　

⻏

× HTML entity: ⻏ a place where one dwells or lingers, village, front view of naked genitalia

　element to replace 邑 as an ORIFICE with SEX
…or: COLORFUL ORIFICE
　

Meanings of elements

TWO REAMING with FRONTAL VIEW OF FEMALE GENITALS
…or: GRADUALLY ALTERNATING BETWEEN TWO MODES with FRONT VIEW OF FEMALE

Common folk wore clothes made from hemp-based textiles. Rich folk wore silks. Left element seems to merge into「cut hemp cloth.」Hemp clothing was soft and fluffy, almost furry, so「hemp cloth vagina」may be an epithet, a reference equivalent to calling someone「a softy, a pussy」in English, or perhaps a pussy-lover since this term is used to refer to nightclub patrons and clients of sexual services providers…and one's husband. WHICH, WHAT, WHO is clearly another derogatory remark insinuating that 'SERFS all look alike, so which one is it, exactly?' with that same problem perhaps applicable to pussies. Note that a replacement glyph (啊) uses elements of「orifice of flattery, orifice with frontal view of female genitals with possibilities」that also seems to reflect one of the basic concepts of a pussy.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. before a classifier, esp. in Beijing; variant of 哪
Japanese EDRDG: what?
Unihan extended: that, that one, those

Used within names (nanori)
とも　･　やす

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.