得 to get some; acquire, obtain; to be complacent, catch a disease, to receive something undesirable; possibility, potentially; suitable, proud, contented ノ,但,寸,旦,付,彳,㝵,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

トク
TO　KU

Kun-yomi

え(る　･　う(る
e　ru　･　u　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

ノ

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

　HEAD SLIDING DOWN
　

但

タン,ただ merely; however, but, although; conditional, provided that

　PERSON with ON THE VERGE of CLIMAXING
…or: PERSON with BROTHEL CLIENT
…or: PERSON at DAWN, DAWNING, AN AWAKENING
…or: PERSON with LORD
…or: PERSON with TONGUING MOUTH ARRAY
　

寸

スン,× squeezing grip, feeling the flow of fluids pumping, firmly holding above the elbow while measuring someone's throbbing heartbeat or pulse, ancient unit of measure (approximately an inch, 2.5 cm), careful hand

　ROD with STREAM and DRIP
　

旦

タン,ダン,あき,あきら,ただし,あさ,あした on the verge, on the edge, feudal lord, braggart, chutzpah, gall, husband, brothel client, female role, dawn, dawning, an awakening

　SUN above HORIZON
…or: TONGUING MOUTH ARRAY
　

付

フ,つ,～つ,～づ,～づけ,～つき,～づき hand over to; make a payment; adhere, attach; person squeezing something in a grip

　PERSON with SQUEEZING GRIP
…or: SLIDING ROD HEAD with FEEL OF FLUIDS PUMPING
　

彳

テキ,たたず loitering, aimless dawdling, standing idle, purposeless motion, taking small steps, multiple people heads, multiple sliding rod heads, taking steps with the left foot only, adult man going, departing markedly from the usual or customary in an extreme or drastic manner

　multiple HEADS of PEOPLE
…or: multiple HEADS of A MALE PERSON
…or: multiple HEADS SLIDING on ROD
　

㝵

× obtain; to become complacent, hinder, stop progress, halt the action; offend or injure, lose the desire to continue

　TONGUING SOMETHING, PRETENDING, A PRETEXT, EXCUSE GIVEN TO HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR SOMETHING and IN THE CLOUDS of HEAVEN and THIS IS THE POINT, THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE
…or: BROTHEL CLIENT ON THE VERGE, FEMALE ROLE, DAWN, DAWNING, AN AWAKENING with SQUEEZING GRIP FIRMLY HOLDING WHILE MEASURING SOMEONE'S THROBBING PULSE
　

Meanings of elements

THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON SLIDING DOWN, DECLINING, DAMMED FLOW and with ALTHOUGH, CONDITIONAL, PROVIDED THAT with FEEL OF FLUIDS PUMPING, SQUEEZING GRIP, THROBBING PULSE, APPROXIMATELY AN INCH, 2.5 CM, CAREFUL HANDS
…or: THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON SLIDING DOWN, DECLINING, DAMMED FLOW and with ON THE VERGE, ON THE EDGE, FEUDAL LORD BRAGGART, CHUTZPAH GALL, HUSBAND BROTHEL CLIENT, FEMALE ROLE DAWNING, AN AWAKENING with HAND OVER TO, MAKE A PAYMENT, ADHERE, ATTACH, PERSON SQUEEZING SOMETHING IN A GRIP
…or: LOITERING, AIMLESS DAWDLING, STANDING IDLE, PURPOSELESS MOTION, TAKING SMALL STEPS and OBTAIN, BECOME COMPLACENT, HINDER, STOP PROGRESS, HALT THE ACTION, OFFEND OR INJURE, LOSE THE DESIRE TO CONTINUE

「Loitering, dawdling」with「hinder progress, cause offense」by behavior that was not exemplary and in fact contrary to the tribe's communal perspective. Becoming complacent and therefore CATCHING A DISEASE that would surely「cause offense.」Both the old glyph (㝶) and this one imply GETTING, OBTAINING something, but not necessarily something good or desired.「Loitering motions with female role in squeezing grip」as GAIN or an ADVANTAGE likely refers to a witch doctor performing some medical treatment of an infection. Old glyph comprised of 'netting copulation in squeezing grip' conveys this same variety of meanings.「Lost desire to continue」visiting the brothels after repeated bougie reamings, and losing the desire to continue the bougie reamings also by BECOMING COMPLACENT, LIVING WITH IT.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to have to; must; ought to; to need to; structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc; to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
Japanese EDRDG: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
Unihan extended: obtain, get, gain, acquire

Used within names (nanori)
あつ　･　てろ

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.