虛 unoccupied, void, hollow, false, empty, abstract theory, guiding principles, timid, weakened, vacant, futile, vain, vanity, ineffective, imaginary, virtual reality, unreal 虍,丱,一,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

キョ　･　コ
KYO　･　KO

Kun-yomi

むなしい
mu　na　shi　i

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

虍

コ,× tigress, shaman brothel owner, cave of wonders proprietress, striped, mottled

　HAIR-RAISING STRAIGHT UP, ROLLED, and SLASHED IN HALF
…or: DIVINE PREPUBESCENT FEMALES, RAISED ROD SKIN ROLLED BACK ERECTION with SERVICE PROVIDER
　

丱

カン,ケン,× prepubescent young and tender, raised hair, in tufts, tufty, cresting head; mining for treasure, raw materials, unrefined ore

　CONNECT BY JOINING AND WRAPPING AROUND, WAD [on both sides, symmetrically]
…or: RAISED LEG with ERECTION and DIVINE PREPUBESCENT FEMALE with SHORT VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOTIONS
　

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

Meanings of elements

TIGRESS, SHAMAN BROTHEL OWNER, CAVE OF WONDERS PROPRIETRESS with PREPUBESCENT YOUNG TENDER RAW MATERIALS, UNREFINED ORE with AN ARRAY OF ITEMS, ROD STALK, INDICATES EXTENT

Top element is「tiger」lower element depicts a shaft voided of its contents, such as a volcano crater after it has exploded. Running from an exploding volcano or a tiger is a somewhat useless VAIN, FUTILE EFFORT, and the explosion creates a wasteland VOID of life for a time. Older version of this glyph included「knoll, hill」as the bottom element to depict a tiger that would run downhill to catch you from the top of a knoll, so escaping stands little chance of success, making those efforts VAIN, FUTILE, INEFFECTIVE, in particular for「young girls」who typically had no-longer-integrated feet in dynastic China and simply could not run away or escape.
「Tigress shaman with array of young prepubescent unrefined raw material」also suggests that the girls will be VAIN, FUTILE, INEFFECTIVE. Modern replacement glyph (虚)「shaman tigress business enterprises, hollowed out exploded shafts」after VOIDING their contents. Escaping from frequenting the shaman's divine and heavenly religious experiences as a VAIN, FUTILE EFFORT. IMAGINING and daydreaming about visiting the「shaman tigress」again, VAIN, FUTILE EFFORT, INEFFECTIVE, VIRTUAL REALITY.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
Japanese EDRDG: false, worthless, empty, hollow
Unihan extended: false, worthless; empty, hollow

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.