佑 right-hand man, chief assistant, provide aid, most helpful assistance; to protect, provide relief, a blessing 亻,ナ,一,丿,口,右,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ユウ　･　ウ
YU　U　･　U

Kun-yomi

たす(ける
ta　su　ke　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

亻

× person (male generally), rod head, head on rod

　THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON and VERTICAL, RECIPROCATING MOTION, ONE'S ROD, STALK OR STEM
　

ナ

× HTML entity: ナ hand (as an element); use of one's hand

　ROD with SLIDING HEAD
…or: ERECT ROD
　

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
　

丿

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

　ERECT, FLING
　

口

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

　ORIFICE
　

右

ウ,ユウ,みぎ right-hand side; what occurred beforehand

　HAND with ORIFICE, HOLE
　

Meanings of elements

PERSON with RIGHT-HAND SIDE
…or: ROD HEAD SLIDING with HAND on ORIFICE

「Person」using「right hand」(the proverbial RIGHT-HAND MAN In English) to PROVIDE AID AND ASSISTANCE, or as a helping「person with hand on orifice.」Same elements refer to PROTECTION as in covering one's ass hole or some other orifice to prevent a re-entry, provide RELIEF, RESCUE, or TO SPARE someone from further exertion. As「rod head sliding with hand on orifice」to PROVIDE RELIEF evokes the feminine connotation as her CHIEF ASSISTANT, the MOST HELPFUL dildo in one's right hand as perhaps recognition that nine out of ten human beings are not left-handed, generally. In dynastic China, dildo and/or hand use for personal relief were not the least bit shameful, nor should it be…for what it is worth, assuming no one is telling lies:「78 percent of adults in the world masturbate, including: 96 percent of British men, 93 percent of German men, and 92 percent of American men. 78 percent of British women, 76 percent of German women, and 76 percent of American women」
[ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-largest-masturbation-survey-uncovers-how-traditional-views-of-masculinity-prevent-men-from-having-fulfilling-sex-lives--relationships-300638644.html 2020-01-23 ]
「…many people, unfortunately, feel shame around masturbation, despite the fact that 98% of people will masturbate at some point.」 [ https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/autosexual-meaning 2022-12-13 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to assist; to protect
Japanese EDRDG: help, assist
Unihan extended: help, protect, bless

Used within names (nanori)
すけ　･　たすく　･　ゆ

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.