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  • Glyph.00399
  • Strokes: 05
  • grade_09


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Mincho:
Gothic:
戊
戊

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ボ ・ ボウ
BO ・ BO U
Kun-yomi
つちのえ
tsu chi no e

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Meanings of elements
HAND with HEAD SLIDING and EMPHASIS on STINGER
…or: ERECTION with HEAD SLIDING and WOODY STAKE DRIVING INTO SOIL, SHOOTING DISCHARGE OF ARROW OR DIRK, WILD DOG, UNDOMESTICATED MALE
…or: STRAIGHT UP ERECT, STRETCHED TAUT with SWINGING LONG-HANDLED WEAPON, WAGGING BACULUM
「Straight up, erection, quick movements in any direction」and「dog, lance」as a dog in a position ready to attack, and in this case, a HALBERD (lance with a broad blade). A dog's penis contains a spear-shaped, pointed bone called a baculum, and is one reason why this glyph is associated with a pike, lance, spear, weapon of war. Also FIVE, perhaps as the dog's four legs and one boner, the bony erection, its FIFTH 'attacking limb, the spear' (in exactly the same manner as the Chinese referred to a human's erection as the 'third leg')…note the resemblance of the related glyph「five」with「four legs with erection」(㠪) and that in China, a concubine had FIVE orifices used with an「erect dog」: mouth, vagina, left no-longer-integrated foot, right no-longer-integrated foot, and anus, with the latter always as the FIFTH in that sequence for reasons of proper hygiene. Other interpretations remain for the reader's speculation.
The so-called「ten heavenly stems」(十天干) all have something to do with a male erection or the application thereof, which is exactly why they are called screwing, full and heavenly and stems: 1 甲, 2 乙, 3 丙, 4 丁, 5 戊, 6 己, 7 庚, 8 辛, 9 壬, 10 癸
Some sources list this glyph as the fifth calendar sign of the Chinese zodiac, but it is the fifth 'heavenly stem, shaft.' The fifth calendar sign is that of the dragon (辰), and the eleventh calendar sign is the dog (戌) which incorporates 戊, obviously.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: fifth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; fifth in order; letter "E" or roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta
Japanese EDRDG: 5th calendar sign
Unihan extended: 5th heavenly stem

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.



Japanese vocabulary: 17 entries


Chinese usage: 24 entries


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