耐 endure; bearable; withstand; resistant; tolerate; being grasped by one's short hairs 而,寸,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

タイ
TA　I

Kun-yomi

た(える
ta　e　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

而

ジ,ニ,しこ,しか,すなわち,なんじ,しかるに indicates causal relationship, indicates change of state, indicates contrast; pubic hair such as a facial, axillary, mamillary, or inguinal growths; a muff; moreover, and then; accordingly; as a result of; thus, therefore

　ARRAY of VERTICAL within SPREAD LEGS
…or: ROD with emphasis on SPREAD LEGS and with STRAIGHT, VERTICAL STROKES
　

寸

スン,× squeezing grip, feeling the flow of fluids pumping, firmly holding above the elbow while measuring someone's throbbing heartbeat or pulse, ancient unit of measure (approximately an inch, 2.5 cm), careful hands

　ONE, ARRAY OF ITEMS, ROD HORIZONTAL with STREAM and emphasis marker below rod
　

Meanings of elements

BEARD, PUBIC HAIR in SQUEEZING GRIP, FEEL OF FLUIDS PUMPING

Anciently in China,「a squeezing grip on a beard」placed there to shave it off, an official form of punishment for minor criminals who committed misdemeanors, that was BEARABLE, TOLERABLE, and could be ENDURED since one's beard has the tendency to grow again. If not a chronically repeating offender, then forced shaves after short intervals are avoided. A beard was「necessary」(須) for every adult man in China, perhaps because not having one made a person look like a criminal: without it a person appeared to have been forcibly shaven as a punishment and everyone believed him to be a petty criminal, hooligan, or nonconformist…so, it was normally better to grow one's beard. Other sources will tell you all sorts of reasons for growing a beard in ancient China, but the strongest motivation was to not appear as did petty criminals. PATIENCE was required to regrow one's beard after it had been forcibly removed, naturally.
　Or, being GRABBED BY ONE'S SHORT HAIRS.

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: capable of enduring; able to tolerate; patient; durable; hardy; resistant
Japanese: to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with, to support, to withstand, to resist, to brave, to be fit for, to be equal to, to be able to endure
Unihan extended: endure, bear; resist; patient
EDRDG: -proof; enduring

Used within names (nanori)
たえ

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. 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! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. 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 bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only 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 dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.