望 a full moon, 15th day of lunar month, look at, gaze at, stare, hope, expect; to be expecting, anticipation of giving birth, feelings and intentions while looking at a naked buttocks mooning in the lordosis position, gazing into heaven or the heavens 肓,亡,玥,月,⺼,ノ,土,壬,王,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ボウ　･　モウ
BO　U　･　MO　U

Kun-yomi

のぞ(む　･　もち
no　zo　mu　･　mo　chi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

肓

コウ,× unreachable meat, hopeless situation, incurable infection, covered with green, loving the lord, in love with a service provider

　UNSEEN and FLESH, MEAT
…or: DEAD MEAT
　

亡

ボウ,モウ,な,ほろ unseen, cannot be seen, cease to be, lose, die, deceased, dead, death

　marker above SEEN NO MORE
…or: PALM DOWN, CONTROL OF HEAD and HANGED
　

玥

ゲツ,ガチ,× mysteries of pearl use by pleasure seekers or sacrificed humans

　KING, GEMSTONES and MOONING POSITION, BODY MEAT OR FLESH, CHICKS AND BUNNIES
　

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
　

ノ

× HTML entity: ノ head, sliding down, declining, dammed flow

　HEAD SLIDING DOWN
　

土

ド,ト,つち soil, night soil (feces)

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

壬

ニン,ジン,イ,みずのえ spindle, bougie, reaming tool, to tolerate, cause of bearing great pain, a burden; pregnant; fat noble person

　REPEATED with PENIS
…or: HORIZONTAL RECIPROCATING MOTION with PENIS
…or: ARRAY of PENIS
…or: HEAD SLIDING PENIS
　

王

オウ,～ノウ,× king, the crown, rulership

　WIDE ARRAY of LAND
…or: WIDE ARRAY of DIRT, NIGHT SOIL
…or: WIDE ARRAY of FLESH SEAMS
　

Meanings of elements

HOPELESS SITUATION with KING
…or: UNREACHABLE, UNSEEN MEAT of KING
…or: DEAD MEAT of the KING
…or: UNSEEN MOONING, MEAT with LORD or REPEATED SOILING
…or: UNSEEN MEAT and PREGNANT
…or: UNSEEN with MYSTERIES OF PEARL USE BY PLEASURE SEEKERS
…or: DEATH of HUMAN SACRIFICES
…or: DEAD MEAT with BOUGIE REAMING DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE
…or: emphasis on BENT ROD MEAT of KING
…or: DEAD MEAT of FAT NOBLE PERSON
…or: UNREACHABLE MEAT with HEAD SLIDING and SOILED

[Elements vary by font] modern elements have morphed somewhat and now appear in some fonts as「unseen meat」over「repeated sliding head with soil」or「unreachable meat with head sliding and soiled」as a FULL MOON (a moon that is fully filled at the moment…). In Japan and China, recent superstitions perhaps based upon these elements prompt some people to express WISHES, HOPES, DESIRES (while holding your breath and gazing at the full Moon, thinking and repeating your wish three times), as WISHFUL THINKING. Also means the FULL MOON, the 15th day of the lunar month. But undeniably, the as yet「unseen meat of the king」probably says it best as a HOPEFUL DESIRE, a WISH upon a star perhaps, noting that the glyph for「star」refers to the activities of a fine young concubine in her prime (星).
Modern top-left element is「unseen, dead」perhaps to emphasize a DESIRE not yet materialized, or more likely to point out that in spite of all one's DESIRES, WISHING and HOPING, the Moon will never see you or respond to your superstitions. Top-left element formerly was 朢 as「guarded eyes wide open gaze intently」or「vassal, trusted servant」with top-right element of「meat, mooning」and bottom element of「repeatedly」「night soil」in many offers of proceptivity depicting a DESIRE, WISH, HOPE to copulate in one manner or another, wishful GAZING in fantasyland that should not need further explanation…also suggestive of the chronic and incurable desires of a necrophiliac…in any case, the FULL MOON is the phase most likely to be seen from Earth, so「unseen」does not seem to apply to the actual Moon, but rather to the「meat, mooning」element and would apply to as yet「unseen meat」in spite of all one's DESIRES, WISHING and HOPING (of a guard with a concubine, or, of a concubine with the feudal lord, or, a concubine with a guard, and so on).
Or perhaps the hope of「dead meat」being cured of an infection by「bougie reaming of penis flesh seam (壬)」one's DESIRE, WISHING and HOPING that the medical procedures are effective. Note the connection with the glyphs「dream, fantasy」(夢 and 夣),「dead meat of the king or a prince」「palming control of bent meat of king.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards
Japanese EDRDG: ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
Unihan extended: to look at, look forward; to hope, expect

Used within names (nanori)
み　･　も

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.