袙 cloth worn around or binding one's head, layer of clothing worn by nobles, warrior's headband, transvestitism 衵,′,衤,白,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

バツ　･　ハ
BA　TSU　･　HA

Kun-yomi

あこめ
a　ko　me

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

衵

ジツ,あこめ women's undergarments, chemise

　CLOTHING and TONGUE SHOWING IN A MOUTH
…or: CLOTHING designed for TONGUING MOUTH
…or: CLOTHES over ARRAY of ORIFICE
…or: CLOTHES and PRETENDING, PRETEXT, EXCUSE GIVEN TO HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR SOMETHING
…or: CLOTHING and ROWDY, two ORIFICES JUXTAPOSED
　

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衤

×,ころも cloth, cloths, clothes, clothing

　emphasis on the DISPLAY
…or: emphasis on NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT with VERTICAL PERSON WHO SITS MOST OF THE TIME
…or: NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT DRIPPING VERTICALLY with emphasis
…or: NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT with emphasis on FLACCID ROD
　

白

ハク,ビャク,しろ,しら～ open-mouthed, conspicuous, white, blank, empty, staring in a stupor, to make clear, inspection

　emphasis marker above TONGUE IN MOUTH
…or: emphasis marker above ROD in MOUTH
　

Meanings of elements

FEMALE UNDERWEAR with emphasis
…or: CLOTHING, CLOTH and OPEN-MOUTHED, CONSPICUOUS, WHITE, STARING IN A STUPOR

It is utterly unclear from these elements which head of the warrior is being banded: the one above his shoulders or the one below his waist. Nonetheless, Chinese sources do not use the HEADBAND term and refer instead to an ambiguous 'layer of clothing' worn by nobility. Furthermore, since female underwear is likely involved somehow, it might be fair to assume that whatever this is and whatever its purpose, it is something worn below the waist: TRANSVESTITISM maybe? another form of codpiece? carrying one's love sentiments into battle?

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Japanese EDRDG: warrior's headband

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.