豺 dhole (Asian 'wild dog'); cruel, wicked; canid species 月,⺼,犲,勿,豸,才,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

サイ
SA　I

Kun-yomi

やまいぬ
ya　ma　i　nu

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

月

ゲツ,ガツ,つき proceptivity; month; the Moon, lunar positions, lunar phases; mooning position, meat, meat phases

　ERECT in HIGH TENSION with TWO ORIFICES over-under inside SPREAD LEGS
…or: ERECTION DRIPPING in NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT, TENSE GASPS
…or: A REASON FOR TONGUING MOUTH within SPREAD LEGS
…or: ROD within ORIFICE within SPREAD LEGS
　

⺼

× HTML entity: ⺼ body meat or flesh; meat of disintegrated feet; chicks and bunnies

　ERECTION and CLEVER with DROPS
…or: STIFF with CONGEALING and WRAPPED NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED BONES
…or: QUICK MOVEMENTS with FLEDGLING WING
　

犲

サイ,やまいぬ dhole (Asian 'wild dog'); cruel, wicked; canid species

　ANIMAL, BEAST, DOG with TALENT
　

勿

モチ,ブツ,ボツ,なか,なし gushing out and bubbly, often with chunks of suspended material; animal litters, animal births; spontaneous abortion, miscarriage; do not; not yet

　HEAD IN TENSION, SKIN SLIT with HEADS SLIDING DOWN (doubled)
　

豸

タイ,チ,× tenacious, worm-like invertebrate, boneless meat, animal used for its meat, legless animal (such as a worm, or human with no functional feet), short-legged, badger, animal with a wicked bite

　MEAT that GUSHES WHEN SQUISHED
…or: HEAD SPURTING HAIRY ANIMAL
　

才

サイ,× just now occurred; dammed stream, accumulation; talent, counter for age in years, a capable individual

　ARRAY of HEAD STREAMS
…or: ARRAY of BLOCKED STREAM
　

Meanings of elements

BODY MEAT OR FLESH with DHOLE, ASIAN WILD DOG, CRUEL, WICKED CANID SPECIES
…or: TENACIOUS with ACCUMULATED TALENT, CAPABLE INDIVIDUAL

「Tenacious with accumulated talents」a canid, the DHOLE, but with the name 'wild dog' being somewhat of a misnomer since these animals are a distinct species from domesticated dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals (most closely-related genetically), and are much more socially evolved than other canids:「The dhole is a highly social animal, living in large clans which occasionally split up into small packs to hunt. It primarily preys on medium-sized ungulates, which it hunts by tiring them out in long chases [tenacious], and kills by disemboweling them. Unlike most social canids (but similar to African wild dogs), dholes let their pups eat first at a kill. Though fearful of humans, dhole packs are bold enough to attack large and dangerous animals such as wild boar, water buffalo, and even tigers. …Dominant dholes are hard to identify, as they do not engage in dominance displays as wolves do, though other clan members will show submissive behaviour toward them. They live in clans rather than packs, as the latter term refers to a group of animals that always hunt together. In contrast, dhole clans frequently break into small packs of 3–5 animals, particularly during the spring season, as this is the optimal number for catching fawns. Dholes are far less territorial than wolves, with pups from one clan often joining another without trouble once they mature sexually. …Unlike other canids, there is no evidence of dholes using urine to mark their territories or travel routes. …Faeces are often deposited in what appear to be communal latrines. They do not scrape the earth with their feet as other canids do to mark their territories.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole 2013-09-10 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: dog-like animal; ravenous beast; dhole (Cuon Alpinus); jackal
Japanese EDRDG: jackal
Unihan extended: wolf; cruel, wicked, mean

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.