難 difficult to do, almost impossible, calamity, disaster, great distress, finding fault, criticizing another's defects, censure, condemnation, severe difficulty, generally not a good idea 廿,芙,中,夫,𦰩,隹,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ナン
NA　N

Kun-yomi

かたい　･　むずかしい
ka　ta　i　･　mu　zu　ka　shi　i

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廿

ジュウ,ニュウ,にじゅう twenty or so; many and various times; illegitimate child

　ARRAY of CAVITIES
…or: TEN (doubled)
　

芙

フ,× hibiscus, lotus, Mt. Fuji; hollow stem shaft filled with sticky whitish creamy schmutz, marsh mallow sap

　GAIN CONTROL OF, SUBDUE and ROD
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS, STALKS, STEMS and ADULT MAN, HUSBAND, THAT, CONSCRIPTED LABOR
　

中

チュウ,なか,うち,あた to hit the 'bull's eye' while doing (something), middle, center, within, on the inside, among; two-sided, throughout; vulva, Mother China

　ROD in ORIFICE
…or: ORIFICE TOP TO BOTTOM
…or: ROD in JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES, ROWDY BEHAVIOR
…or: SCREWING in CAVITY
…or: SCREWING in SPREAD LEGS
　

夫

フ,フウ,ブ,おっと,それ adult man; husband; that; conscripted laborer

　PERSON in CHANGING STATE
…or: ROD TAUT with HAND
…or: a BIG ONE
…or: a BIG ROD
…or: ROD in BOTH HANDS
　

𦰩

× HTML entity: 𦰩 control of society using sexual means, method of enslaving both male and female populations, serfdom, to stifle and smother by density, yellow clay loam mixture of sand clay silt and organic matter

　GAIN CONTROL OF, SUBDUE with JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES, ROWDY BEHAVIOR, FEMALE-FEMALE RELATIONS and ROD STALK, INDICATES EXTENT
…or: PROCESSED SKIN, TANNED HIDE, EXPULSION WHILE IN A FIXED POSITION, CHANGED SHAPE, TURNING OVER CONTROL TO ANOTHER with TWO-HANDED, IN BOTH HANDS, MANY
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS and ROWDY BEHAVIOR, HIT THE 'BULL'S EYE' VULVA with ADULT MAN, THAT THING
…or: HIBISCUS STAMEN, LOTUS TUBER of ADULT MALE, HUSBAND
…or: HOLLOW STEM SHAFT FILLED WITH STICKY WHITISH CREAMY SCHMUTZ with VULVA
…or: CONSCRIPTED LABOR with JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES, ROWDY BEHAVIOR and EMERGING SHAFTS
　

隹

サイ,スイ,とり primate mating stance, male human or bird in courting stance, flaunting one's best point, narcissism, loving oneself in full plumage display or while displaying a plume, public display of affection for one's own bird or pecker

　PERSON PALMING ROD PRICK
…or: CORE EMPHASIS on FLESH SEAM SKILL
…or: HEAD SLIDING on UPRIGHT ROD with PALMING CONTROL of PRICK
…or: EMPHASIS on KERNEL OF HUMAN NATURE and TALENTED HANDS USED TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK
　

Meanings of elements

STIFLE a PRIMATE MATING STANCE, FLAUNTING ONE'S BEST POINT, NARCISSISM, LOVING ONESELF DISPLAYING A PLUME
…or: CONTROL OF SOCIETY USING SEXUAL MEANS with PERSON PALMING PRICK

[Elements vary by font and positioning] particularly with ubiquitous wireless Internet access via the large assortment of handheld devices available at low cost, attempting to「stifle a person palming his prick」may be ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE and causes DISTRESS in all sorts of ways to everyone around. People「resembling shifting clay and propagating violets, stifling and unstoppable copulation, twenty or so bastards from one vulva with adult men」and「courtship displays, persons palming prick」meaning FINDING FAULT WITH ANOTHER, and CRITICIZING SOMEONE ELSE'S DEFECTS, to CENSURE or CONDEMN another, something that in Japan especially is SEVERELY DIFFICULT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE and causes a CALAMITY, DISTRESS, therefore it is seldom, if ever, performed (instead, fools are ignored):「stifling overt displays」to others.
「Bastards palming pricks」who are themselves DIFFICULT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to manage or to discipline, a CALAMITY and who cause DISTRESS. Nevertheless, this glyph is the core of the Japanese expression「I THANK you」 which uses the ancient linguistic style of a thousand years ago, suggesting that long ago folks used to appreciate being informed of what might be amiss and then working it out as socially acceptable behavior that is more common among some Western cultures today. Or, THANKING you for「stifling that mating display of palming your prick at the moment.」Note that Chinese sources count 19 strokes, but Japanese only 18 strokes (topmost-right element is merged).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Japanese EDRDG: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

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.