舷 gunwales ("gunnels"); sides of a ship or boat 舟,玄,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ゲン
GE　N

Kun-yomi

ふなべり　･　ふなばた
fu　na　be　ri　･　fu　na　ba　ta

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

舟

シュウ,ふね,ふな～,～ぶね sailing, being in a sailboat, bobbing in wave-like motions, a Chinese sailing junk

　emphasis being atop FLESH, ARRAY of MEAT
…or: (marked) SAILING with ROD
…or: emphasis on LONG TIME OF TENSE GASPS with STIFF HORIZONTAL MOTION and DRIPPING
　

玄

ゲン,× black, difficult to comprehend, mysterious, shaman business, occult, great depth, profound, long and stringy

　HOLDING SOMETHING RANCID, GANGRENE, TERTIARY STAGE OF ILLNESS, INVERTED CHILD, BLUE-BLACK-GREENISH with UNBOUND, MISSHAPEN
…or: PALMING CONTROL of UNBOUND FOOT with LOOSE DRIPPING STINKY SHORT LEG
…or: PALM DOWN, UNDER CONTROL of THE PLACE FOR BIRTHING, FEMALE GENITALIA, VILLAGE, COUNTRYSIDE, RURAL
…or: PALM DOWN, UNDER CONTROL with WHAT!? SCREAMING AND HOLLERING, SMALLEST, YOUNGEST, MOST TENDER, THE ONE, PROFESSIONAL CARE NEEDED
　

Meanings of elements

SAILING, BEING IN A SAILBOAT with PALMING CONTROL and LOOSE DRIPPING STINK twice, WHAT!? SCREAMING AND HOLLERING, PROFESSIONAL CARE NEEDED
…or: SHIP, BOBBING IN WAVE-LIKE MOTIONS with LONG AND DEEP

The two elements of「ship」and「very long fiber」are paired to indicate the raised sides of a boat or ship, later called a GUNWALE (pronounced「gunnel」for some) and literally means a「gun weal.」A weal (welt) being a raised ridge of a very long rope wrapped around the top side piece that in this case strengthened the boat sides, reinforcing them to handle the force of cannon and gunfire. Yet, this glyph was likely coined prior to the invention of guns, and therefore refers to the places on the boat where lines and sheet rigging are tied (anywhere other than the deck might be good), or where one might grab ahold while seasick,「loose dripping stink with palming control in boat.」The SIDES of a boat are「long and deep」under the water's surface and「difficult to see」since the sides curve underneath the boat.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: side of a ship or an aircraft
Japanese: side of a boat, gunwale
Unihan extended: the sides of a boat, bulwarks; a gunwale
EDRDG: gunwale

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. 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! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. 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 bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only 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 dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.