向 turn and face toward; well suited for, be inclined to ′,冋,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

コウ
KO　U

Kun-yomi

む(く　･　む(い　･　～む(き　･　む(ける　･　～む(け　･　む(かう　･　む(かい　･　む(こう　･　む(こう～　･　むこ　･　むか(い
mu　ku　･　mu　i　･　～mu　ki　･　mu　ke　ru　･　～mu　ke　･　mu　ka　u

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冋

キョウ,ケイ,まきがまえ,えながまえ,どうがまえ,けいがまえ vagina, cloaca, area difficult to access, remote, doorway to one's neighbor

　ORIFICE within SPREAD LEGS
　

Meanings of elements

emphasis on VAGINA
…or: ORIFICE within center of SPREAD LEGS, THIS IS THE POINT, THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE

Marker stroke at the center of「orifice within spread legs」(be sure to see replacement glyph 曏). As the marker element seems to be emphasizing the area around the middle of「inside spread legs」the original meaning perhaps is that most everybody's attention will be grabbed and faces will TURN TOWARD and stare at, BE INCLINED TO that exposed orifice (a bonobo-style human reaction…don't think so? try it and see for yourself), and think they are SUITED FOR what is on display. To cause someone to have a certain tendency to be disposed toward, to be inclined to do:「Hey! There's one OVER THERE!.」…although a somewhat ungraceful description in the vernacular, the glyph is actually a「flashed, wide-open vagina.」Most folks will TURN TOWARD, may think as SUITABLE, and be INCLINED to at least get a better look at what might be going on OVER THERE, if not to attempt getting a piece of the action, literally…sex sells (especially when selling sex) and has been a marketing tool for many thousands of years, still prevalent today. If you want to grab someone's attention, flash「emphasis on an orifice in spread legs.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along
Japanese EDRDG: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
Unihan extended: toward, direction, trend

Used within names (nanori)
こお　･　た　･　な　･　むか　･　むかい　･　むこう

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.