礬 alum 棥,大,𥓙,樊,石,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

バン　･　ハン
BA　N　･　HA　N

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

棥

ハン,ボン,まがき an enclosed area with limited access, group-specific activity yard, fenced area, a playground

　CIRCLE OF A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, A COLLECTION OF SIMILAR THINGS and STALKS, WOODIES on each side with HEAD WHACKED APLENTY
　

大

ダイ,タイ,おお～,～おお relatively big condition; two-handed both hands

　ROD TAUT and ERECT
…or: HAND TAUT
…or: HAND with marker for other hand, too
…or: ROD of MALE ADULT
　

𥓙

× HTML entity: 𥓙 cluster of pricks

　WOODIES as SWEET AND SYRUPY, MANY PRICKS
…or: TREE GROVE, A CLUSTER OR GROUPING OF SIMILAR TREES OF THE SAME SPECIES, A MEMBER'S CIRCLE OF A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, A COLLECTION OF SIMILAR THINGS AS A CLUSTER OF PEOPLE and ROCKY OR ROCK-LIKE, STONES, ROCKS, MINERALS
　

樊

ハン,まがき cage, fenced in/out, pen, enclosure, railing, fence

　AN ENCLOSED AREA WITH LIMITED ACCESS, GROUP-SPECIFIC ACTIVITY YARD, FENCED AREA and TWO-HANDED, BOTH HANDS SPREAD, LARGE, GREAT, GRAND, BIG, MANY
　

石

セキ,シャク,コク,いし rocky or rock-like, stones, rocks, minerals

　LATERAL MOTION, ROD and HEAD SLIDING or ERECTION with ORIFICE, MOUTH, CAVITY OR PASSAGE OF THE BODY
　

Meanings of elements

AN ENCLOSED AREA WITH LIMITED ACCESS, GROUP-SPECIFIC ACTIVITY YARD, FENCED AREA, A PLAYGROUND with TWO-HANDED, BOTH HANDS, LARGE, GREAT, GRAND, BIG, MANY with TESTICLES
…or: CLUSTER OF PRICKS and CAGE, FENCED IN/OUT, PEN, ENCLOSURE, RAILING, FENCE with STONES, ROCKS, ROCKY MINERAL

Salt used to clean the slits in no-longer-integrated feet. Perhaps not coincidentally, the English words (from Latin)「alum」and「alumni, alumna」may refer to graduating apprentices who used these salts, and「aluminium」as a shiny ductile substance not unlike a no-longer-integrated foot: whether actually related or not, this may serve as a mnemonic. 'alum' from the Latin 'alūmen' purportedly means「unguent」or a balm to apply when in pain. Moreover, there are no indications historically that the Italians deliberately no-longer-integrated feet as did the Chinese.

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

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.