耽 indulge in, succumb to a desire, cause a delay, be negligent, be engrossed, be addicted to; delay, tarry, dawdle, slowpoke, laggard, stick-in-the-mud, queefing sounds 耴,冖,丿,耳,冘,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

タン
TA　N

Kun-yomi

ふ(ける
fu　ke　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

耴

チョウ,ジョウ,ニョウ,× curling upwards, curled, not straight, bent weaponry, sounds emanating from various sources; fishy-smelling bird [double euphemism]

　ROD, ARRAY of VERTICAL MOTIONS with ADJUST POSITION AND BALANCE of a BENT APPENDAGE
…or: ADJUST INTERNAL PRESSURE AND POSITIONING with PENETRATION WEAPONRY, SPEAR, LANCE, DIRK, BENT PENIS
…or: SOLDIER with SCHWANTZ
　

冖

ベキ,× a covering, the cover, surround on all sides, covered, sheath, sheet

　emphasis on ROLLED
　

丿

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

　ERECT, FLING
　

耳

ジ,みみ hearing, listening, adjust balance and positioning, adjust internal pressure, ear; soldier, clan flag, that is all, end of message

　ARRAY of VERTICAL MOTION with ADJUST POSITION AND BALANCE in ANY DIRECTION, DISCONNECTED BONE FRAGMENTS, INTERNAL DIVISIONS
　

冘

イン,ユ,おこた,ためら,うたが moving on, to go out; doubtful condition

　SURROUNDED by WEAKNESS
…or: COVERED BENT PENIS
…or: SURROUNDED with ERECT SCORPION TAIL
…or: COVER, SURROUND ERECTION with BENT LEG
　

Meanings of elements

CURLED, NOT STRAIGHT BENT WEAPONRY, SOUNDS EMANATING FROM VARIOUS WEAPONS OR TOOLS with SKIN SHEATH COVERING SURROUND ON ALL SIDES and STIFF ERECTION QUICK MOVEMENTS STRETCHED TAUT
…or: HEARING, LISTENING, ADJUST BALANCE AND POSITIONING, ADJUST INTERNAL PRESSURE, EAR, SOLDIER, FLAGGED and DOUBTFUL CONDITION, MOVING ON
…or: BENT WEAPONRY CURLING UPWARDS SURROUNDED BY HAND
…or: HEARING, LISTENING and SURROUNDED BY ERECT PENISES
…or: SOLDIER, CLAN FLAG and MOVING ON IN DOUBTFUL CONDITION, SURROUNDED BY WEAKNESS

「Hearing and adjusting position in order to listen better to the noises made by a bunch of buddies (soldiers?)」when「surrounded by erections and penises」or the「listener's personal weakness」TO BE ADDICTED, as TO INDULGE IN, to CAUSE A DELAY, to forget what one was doing while listening too long or joining in and BECOMING NEGLIGENT, to BECOME ENGROSSED. As a「soldier surrounded by weakness」will likely wish to DELAY「moving out」BECOMING NEGLIGENT.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to indulge in; to delay
Japanese EDRDG: addicted, absorbed in
Unihan extended: indulge in; be negligent

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.