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On-yomi   [ Toggle rōmaji ]
メイ ・ ミョウ ・ ミン
ME I ・ MYO U ・ MI N
Kun-yomi
あ(かり ・ あか(るい ・ あか(るむ ・ あか(らむ ・ あき(らか ・ あ(ける ・ ~あ(け ・ あ(く ・ あ(くる ・ あ(かす
a ka ri ・ a ka ru i ・ a ka ru mu ・ a ka ra mu ・ a ki ra ka ・ a ke ru

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Meanings of elements
TONGUING MOUTH and MEAT
…or: SUN and MOON
Fundamentally meaning ELUCIDATE, to ESTABLISH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING. Considering the other various meanings that are associated with this glyph, not all meanings make much sense if the elements are「sun and moon.」…particularly after realizing that the older version of this same glyph (朙) uses elements of 'copulating stud with meat' as an illustration of how to perform. Commonly assumed to mean a light shining in the sky, but more likely the sort of FLASHING that is a euphemism for the use of「tonguing mouth and meat, rod in orifice with meat.」The Sun and Moon are not always shining, or even visible. SACRIFICED, TIME TO WASTE, DIVULGE, OPEN UP WHAT WAS HIDDEN all seem to suggest a person transformed into a living pleasure machine FLASHING meat and tongue, A MEANING THAT IS CLEAR AND OBVIOUS…treating female service providers as commodities was common, referring to them using the euphemism of「sacrificial meat.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: bright; opposite: dark 暗 ; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods; Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
Japanese EDRDG: bright, light
Unihan extended: bright, light, brilliant; clear

Used within names (nanori)
あきら ・ あけ ・ あす ・ きら ・ け ・ さや ・ さやか ・ とし ・ はる ・ み ・ め

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.



Japanese vocabulary: 622 entries


Chinese usage: 527 entries


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