桂 strong-smelling wood or woody, brown skin or bark; laurel, winner's prize; scent of semen and fecal slurry or other ejaculated/ejected material; katsura tree; cassia 杜,土,木,圭,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ケイ
KE　I

Kun-yomi

かつら
ka　tsu　ra

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

杜

ト,トウ,ズ,もり,ふさ,やまなし forest; shrine grove; restricted use, stop, prevent; birch-leaf pear tree

　TREE and GROUND, SOIL
…or: WOODY with NIGHT SOIL
　

土

ド,ト,つち soil, night soil (feces)

　SCREWING with ROD
…or: RODS UP
…or: ROD within A FLESH SEAM
　

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
　

圭

ケイ,× tapered jade items, perfect exterior, smoothed to perfection, impacted and compacted soil, butt plug, prepare [something] for a subsequent use, being on the 'higher ground' or jaded, situated above fecal matter

　GROUND, NIGHT SOIL upon more GROUND, NIGHT SOIL
…or: SCREWING with KING
…or: SCREWING ROD on NIGHT SOIL
　

Meanings of elements

RESTRICTED USE SHRINE GROVE, PREVENTION with SOIL, CLAY, FECES
…or: WOODY with PERFECT EXTERIOR, SMOOTHED TO PERFECTION, IMPACTED AND COMPACTED SOIL, TAPERED BUTT PLUG, PREPARE FOR SUBSEQUENT USE, BEING ON THE 'HIGHER GROUND' AND JADED, SITUATED ABOVE FECAL MATTER

「Wood, woody」with「butt plug.」…the LAUREL crown has long been used to denote the best among contenders, as the best butt plugger (?). Sources list other species, such as CASSIA (similar to cinnamon) and KATSURA. The connection with these tree species and butt plugs may be due to the shape of their respective seed pods. Folks who enjoy butt-plugging may have also used cassia for health reasons to treat infections from torn anal tissues:
「Lab studies have found that [cassia] cinnamon may reduce inflammation, have antioxidant effects, and fight bacteria [i.e., an antibiotic].」
[ https://www.webmd.com/diet/supplement-guide-cinnamon 2023-05-18 ]
Butt-pluggers with chronic inflammation may also have used laurel (bay) leaves for the same reasons:
「This spice has many volatile active components such as α-pinene, β-pinene, myrcene, limonene, linalool, methyl chavicol, neral, α-terpineol, geranyl acetate, eugenol, and chavicol. These compounds are known to have been antiseptic, anti-oxidant, digestive, and thought to have anti-cancer properties. …Medicinally, the benefits of the bay leaf and its berries are plentiful. It has astringent, diuretic, and appetite stimulant properties. …Infusions of herb parts are reputed to soothe stomach and relieve flatulence and colic pain.」
[ https://www.nutrition-and-you.com/bay-leaf.html 2013-02-08 ]
Katsura wood is exceptionally smooth with no grain burrs, and so is used to make boards for igo, or「Go boards.」…perhaps the fine smoothness also suited its use as BUTT PLUGS. Judas of course was the guy who shafted Jesus in the ass, figuratively speaking. So-called KNIGHTS or SAMURAI WARRIORS in Japan were often raging homosexuals and acted as advertising sponsors offering testimonials, and, as company spokesmen for butt plug manufacturers after winning the day and receiving their prize.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: cassia; laurel; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Japanese EDRDG: Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree
Unihan extended: cassia or cinnamon

Used within names (nanori)
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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.