牡 males of an animal species; bolt of a door; key for a keyhole 牛,土,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ボ　･　ボウ
BO　･　BO　U

Kun-yomi

おす　･　お～　･　おん～
o　su　･　o～　･　o　n～

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

牛

ギュウ,うし cattle, herd meat asset, animal husbandry, beef meat, important thing, a cash cow, female animals providing milk and meat, animals as a store of future value and medium of exchange

　HEAD with TALENT
…or: HEAD on ROD VERTICAL TWICE
…or: HEAD with TWO HANDS
…or: PRONE and SCREWING
…or: ROD with HORSE
　

土

ド,ト,つち soil, clay, earth, ground, night soil, feces, manure, ordure, opium

　FULL SCREWING ARRAY
…or: ARRAY of RODS UP
…or: ROD within FLESH SEAM
　

Meanings of elements

CATTLE, IMPORTANT THING and SOIL, FECES

「Head in two hands, prostrate and rod up repeatedly, head screwing repeatedly, important thing, chattel, cattle」with「soil, feces」as the MALE. Bolt of a door resembles the male member while penetrating an orifice, or goring something. Note that cattle do not normally gore soil, although pigs will root soil with the snout. Glyph is said to refer to the MALE OF A SPECIES, any species and not only cattle…if so, perhaps「head screwing repeatedly」with「rod in flesh seam」fits that general description of a male, a KEY, and possibly whatever HILL, MOUND in which the male member is inserted.「Cattle soil」more aptly describes low fecal MOUNDS deposited on soil by grazing animals, but not so much a larger hill. Note that no vocabulary is published using this glyph meaning「hill.」

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: (of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
Japanese: male, man, husband
Unihan extended: male of animals; bolt of door
EDRDG: male

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