桧 coffin lid decoration; cypress, juniper 木,会,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

カイ
KA　I

Kun-yomi

ひのき　･　ひ
hi　no　ki　･　hi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

木

ボク,モク,き,こ～ wood, woody stalk, stem, wooden, a woody, tree, implanted, simple, simpleton, coffin, encased death, unfeeling, numb

　TWISTING a TAUT HEAD
…or: SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: HAND on TAUT ROD
　

会

カイ,エ,あ,あつ dual access to both sides, ruptured barrier, double-entry, accountable, accounting, be a witness to, have an understanding; join and loosen; assemble and meet; union, club, company, society, social media, assembly

　PEOPLE in the CLOUD
…or: PERSON with TWO LOOSE DRIPPING
…or: IN FRONT OF PERSON is ARRAY of STENCH
　

Meanings of elements

WOOD, WOODY STALK, TREE, IMPLANTED, SIMPLETON, COFFIN, ENCASED DEATH, UNFEELING, NUMB with ACCESS TO BOTH SIDES, RUPTURED BARRIER, DOUBLE-ENTRY, ACCOUNTABLE, ACCOUNTING, BE A WITNESS TO, HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, JOIN AND LOOSEN, ASSEMBLE AND MEET, UNION, CLUB, COMPANY, SOCIETY, SOCIAL MEDIA, ASSEMBLY

Interestingly, the first meaning was as a decoration on a box containing a corpse, someone who had died perhaps as a result of the「meeting of two loose and dripping, stinky short legs on both sides」(still occurs today). Cypress is an extremely aromatic wood, giving off an unmistakable scent. Significantly, the carving on the coffin lid may have depicted the corpse's「wood as balanced on both sides」that may have been a long time ago in younger years, depending upon the cause of death, but offered to eulogize the dead in a positive vein.「Wood held accountable」for actions is another obvious meaning, again depending upon the cause of death.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis); coffin lid decoration (old)
Japanese EDRDG: Japanese cypress
Unihan extended: Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper

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.