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  • Glyph.01940
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On-yomi   [ Toggle rōmaji ]
フ ・ ホ
FU ・ HO
Kun-yomi
こわ(い ・ こわ(がる ・ お(じる ・ おそ(れる
ko wa i ・ ko wa ga ru ・ o ji ru ・ o so re ru

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Meanings of elements
DEEP FEELING, UNFORGETTABLE and HEAD SLIDING DOWN with ACTION OF EXCRETING
…or: UNFORGETTABLE and CLOTH, ASS-WIPES, TO ANNOUNCE, TO SPREAD AROUND, TO MAKE KNOWN
…or: UNFORGETTABLE FEELING, ROD EMISSIONS with HAND in LOINCLOTH, DIAPER
「Deep feeling of head in excrement」or「deep feeling of sliding down into shit」or「unforgettable rod emissions with hand in loincloth」or「deep feeling that is spreading」almost uncontrollably, as does a bolt of cloth unrolling as it is suddenly lifted by a hand, or involuntarily defecating diarrhea due to panic, or discovering one has a case of gonorrhea whilst scratching. Hiding due to FEAR, such as being behind a「hand holding up a piece of cloth」as some have suggested, or maybe the「deep feeling of wanting to be behind the curtains」hiding from bougies. Note that small children in the West often hide under bed covers due to fear, and a bed cover is a type large cloth.
Many small children, and some grown men also, instinctively place a hand (or two) within their diapers or pants when in FEAR and then suck a thumb, as the「deep feeling of hand in loincloth」perhaps to protect their jewels, cover one's ass, and so on. Some have suggested the elements depict the fear of someone else inserting a hand into one's loincloth, but most every other Chinese glyph negates this as a remote possibility. Others have commented this could be referring to the fear of becoming stuck in a public LAVAtory without sufficient wiping paper, and while surely this is an honest fear prevalent today, it is unlikely one that the ancients fretted over (perhaps a useful mnemonic in any case). Highly likely is that「stream of emissions with hand on rod in spread legs」caused HORRIFIC TERROR and FEAR due to the unrelenting flow from a gonorrhea infection without a cure.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: terror; terrified; afraid; frightened
Japanese EDRDG: dreadful, be frightened, fearful
Unihan extended: terror, fear; frighten; terrified

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: 64 entries


Chinese usage: 19 entries


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