歩 step, walk, pace or rate, stages of progress 尗,丨,ノ,止,少,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ホ　･　ブ　･　フ
HO　･　BU　･　FU

Kun-yomi

ある(く　･　あゆ(む
a　ru　ku　･　a　yu　mu

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

尗

シュク,まめ an edible bean, a bean worth eating; young uncle, close male relative, brother-in-law, sibling, anyone's younger brother, learning a lesson of some sort

　UPPER PORTION of MONS PUBIS
…or: RAISED, LIFTED HIGHER, INCREASING TENSION with YOUNG SMALL HUMAN MOUND DEEPLY FELT
…or: ROD RAISED ABOVE a SMALL EMITTED STREAM
…or: DIVINE DIVA with ROD and MONS PUBIS
　

丨

コン,シ,ジョ,ニョ,すす,しりぞ vertical, reciprocating motion vertically, rod stalk or stem while vertical

　TOP TO BOTTOM, BOTTOM TO TOP, UP-DOWN
　

ノ

× HTML entity: ノ head, sliding down, declining, dammed flow

　HEAD SLIDING DOWN
　

止

シ,と,～ど,～と,とど,や,～や,よ,～さ foot-disintegrating procedure; stop further movement, finishing blow, to switch off, to concentrate upon and pay attention to, put an end to

　RAISED UP with ROD, VERTICAL MOTION
…or: DIVA with ROD UP
…or: PREPUBESCENT GIRL with flattened NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
　

少

ショウ,すく,すこ something that ought to be stopped or infrequently performed, seldom, lacking, insufficient, young, short distance, short time, few, small amount, little by little

　SMALL YOUNG MONS, STREAM of EMISSIONS with SLIDING HEAD
…or: HEAD SLIDING below MONS with EMISSION STREAM above
　

Meanings of elements

YOUNG UNCLE, CLOSE MALE RELATIVE, BROTHER-IN-LAW, SIBLING with VERTICAL RECIPROCATING ROD MOTION and with ANIMAL HEAD SLIDING DOWN, DECLINING, DAMMED FLOW
…or: BEAN WITHIN PUBESCENT POD and YOUNG, SHORT TIME, SMALL AMOUNT, LITTLE BY LITTLE
…or: FOOT-DISINTEGRATING PROCEDURE, STOP FURTHER MOVEMENT, PAY ATTENTION TO, PUT AN END TO and SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE STOPPED

[Japanese variant] Upper element of「halting, cease a while, stop then start again」with「little by little.」…note that the Japanese did not generally practice foot-dis-integrating with their little girls—that was a Chinese idea. Lower element「stream emitted sliding」or「up-down motions emitted with sliding」(varies by font) that combine as「a short distance.」…starting and stopping feet after a short distance somewhat describes the action of WALKING. Moreover, if「foot-dis-integrating procedure stops, head sliding with small youths stops」then the girls can continue WALKING, TAKING STEPS, noting once again that in Japan the general practice of mashing the feet bones of little girls never really caught on as it did in China: significant evidence exists that indicates the Japanese were misinformed about plenty of glyphs 2,000 years ago when these glyphs were adopted as a Japanese writing method (see for some examples any of the glyphs referring to Japan and the Japanese people). A「stream of up-down motions」suggests EACH STEP, PACE or RATE of taking steps while WALKING, or as STAGES OF PROGRESS. Note the stroke added in the lower element forming「small distance sliding, few」compared to the Chinese version of this glyph (步).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Japanese variant of 步
Japanese EDRDG: walk, counter for steps
Unihan extended: step

Used within names (nanori)
あ　･　ゆき　･　ゆみ

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.