勁 enthusiastically expending all one's effort, imposing, vigorous, sturdy, enthusiasm, stalwart 一,巛,功,工,巠,丿,ㄅ,力,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ケイ
KE　I

Kun-yomi

つよ(い
tsu　yo　i

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

巛

セン,かわ extremely loose amorphous shape, potentially odoriferous

　LOOSENED, STUFF BEING FLUNG
　

功

コウ,ク,いさお merit, achievement, meritorious service, good results, work

　CRAFTY PLANNING with EFFORT, POWER
…or: FLESH SEAM with EFFORT
…or: REAMING FLESH SEAM
…or: the POWER of a FLESH SEAM
　

工

コウ,ク,グ,× closed seam of flesh; planning and skill necessary to perform a job, skilled worker with various woods; a trade

　CLOSED ORIFICE
…or: VERTICAL within TWO MODES, CHANGING STATE
…or: UPPER joining LOWER
　

巠

ケイ,キョウ,× stream of fluid flow within soil of some sort, to pass through, the most direct path, a divine experience, religious services, array of loose flesh seams with skilled talent

　A PROFESSIONAL and LOOSELY FLOWING FLUID STREAM with ROD
…or: RECIPROCATING LATERAL ROD MOTION, ROD STALK, INDICATES EXTENT, ONE SEGMENT with LOOSELY FLOWING FLUID STREAM, ROOM TO MOVE FREELY, NOT TIGHTLY BOUND, RIVER FLOW, MISSHAPEN with SEAM OF FLESH SKIN, CRAFT AND SKILL NECESSARY TO PERFORM A JOB, PLANNING, TRADING ONE THING FOR ANOTHER, HAVING AN IDEA
…or: ARRAY of LOOSE FLESH SEAMS with CRAFTY SKILL NECESSARY TO PERFORM VARIOUS JOBS, SKILLED WORKER WITH WOOD, ARTISAN, THE MEANS TO GET THE JOB DONE
　

丿

ヘツ,えい,よう straight up erect, quick jerking movement, stretched taut

　ERECT, FLING
　

ㄅ

× tension, gasping, taut spring-like action, painful stress, bound foot

　ELASTIC POTENTIAL STRAIN ENERGY, FLEXIBLY BENDED AND SPRINGY, FLECTURE TENSION
　

力

リョク,リキ,リイ,ちから force, power, strength, effort

　QUICK MOVEMENT IN ANY DIRECTION and TENSE FOR A LONG TIME WITH GASPING
…or: ERECTION through NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
　

Meanings of elements

ROD with many UNBOUND and SKILLED FLESH SEAMS with MERIT, ACHIEVEMENT, GOOD RESULTS
…or: STREAM OF FLUIDS WITHIN SOIL, PASSING THROUGH FLESH SEAM, MOST DIRECT PATH, DIVINE EXPERIENCE and FORCE, POWER, STRENGTH, EFFORT
…or: PASS THROUGH DIVA FLESH SEAM, RELIGIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED with ERECTION in NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT

Equating both the「power of the guiding principles of religion」and「efforts with array of loose flesh seams」or「powerful rod with fluid flows in soil」apparently caused some folks in dynastic China to ENTHUSIASTICALLY EXPEND ALL ONE'S EFFORT VIGOROUSLY, unable to do anything else. Some scholars say that this glyph depicts the「strength of the warp threads」is that many threads are all lined up in the same direction and that causes enthusiastic and vigorous loom actions, working tirelessly, nonetheless, the warp threads were loose and warped, not stalwart and working…(and, these same scholars list the left element as 'fluids flowing in soil'?). The Taoist sages often ridiculed religious leaders, especially Buddhists. Recall that the first known human religion was shamanism, and the shamans peddled sex, divining soothsaying, and medical services as the witch doctor. See 把 as indicated by Chinese usage.
　「Pass through diva flesh seam, religious services provided with erection in no-longer-integrated foot」describes the temples and shrines operated by shamans. As depicted in erotic Chinese art, men in dynastic China masturbated by wrapping no-longer-integrated feet around an erect penis:「Bound feet were once considered intensely erotic in Chinese culture. …The process was started before the arch of the foot had a chance to develop fully, usually between the ages of 2 and 5. …Qing Dynasty sex manuals listed 48 different ways of playing with women's [no-longer-integrated] bound feet」(after removing the binding cloths, of course)
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding 2012-12-17　]　

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: stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful; strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest
Unihan extended: strong, unyielding, tough, powerful
EDRDG: strong

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.