楷 a model, pattern, what is regular; block style of printed characters; Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis) 柏,比,枇,白,木,皆,

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柏

ハク,ヒャク,ビャク,かしわ white oak; daimyo oak, Japanese emperor oak; hard wood

　WOOD and WHITE, CONSPICUOUS emphasis on TONGUING MOUTH
　

比

ヒ,くら comparison, to compare, to rate, to be near or close to, almost the same but with some differences, a peer, a contest or competition to decide the top choice; hand gestures, motions with hands stroking, time period and billing occurrence, in proportion to [time, ability, class level, etc.]

　two PERSONS SITTING
…or: ROD RAISED with HEAD SLIDING IN a SERVICE PROVIDER
…or: RAISED LEG with ROD of SITTING PERSON, DIVA
…or: CONCUBINE with another CONCUBINE
　

枇

ビ,ヒ,× loquat; scoop for fluids, wood with several service providers, spoon

　PLANT, TREE, WOODY and CONCUBINES
…or: WOOD with HAND GESTURES, HANDS IN STROKING MOTIONS, HAND STROKING OF SHAFTS
　

白

ハク,ビャク,しろ,しら～ open-mouthed, conspicuous, white, blank, empty, staring in a stupor, to make clear, inspection

　emphasis marker above TONGUE IN MOUTH
…or: emphasis marker above ROD in MOUTH
　

木

ボク,モク,き,こ～ wood, woody stalk, stem, wooden, a woody, tree, implanted, simple, simpleton, coffin, encased death, unfeeling, numb

　TWISTING a TAUT HEAD
…or: SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: HAND on TAUT ROD
　

皆

カイ,みな,みんな everyone; all, in all cases

　HANDS IN STROKING MOTIONS with OPEN-MOUTHED CONSPICUOUSLY WHITE, BLANK EMPTY STARING IN A STUPOR, TO MAKE CLEAR, INSPECTION
…or: HANDS STROKING SHAFT with emphasis on HAVING A REASON TO DO SOMETHING, PRETENDING, A PRETEXT, EXCUSE GIVEN TO HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR SOMETHING
…or: CONCUBINES with OPEN TONGUING MOUTH
…or: SITTING OPEN-MOUTHED in STUPOR
…or: ALMOST THE SAME COMPARED and VAPID
…or: CONTEST OR COMPETITION TO DECIDE THE TOP CHOICE with HANDS STROKING SHAFTS
　

Meanings of elements

WHITE OAK, HARD WOOD and COMPARISON, TO RATE, TO BE NEAR OR CLOSE TO, ALMOST THE SAME BUT WITH SOME DIFFERENCES, A PEER
…or: LOQUAT, SCOOP FOR FLUIDS, WOOD WITH SEVERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS and OPEN-MOUTHED, CONSPICUOUS, WHITE, BLANK, EMPTY, STARING IN A STUPOR
…or: TREE, WOODY and EVERYONE, IN ALL CASES

An early form of printing was accomplished by carving glyphs into wooden blocks, coating the blocks with ink, then pressing material down upon the woodblock. This glyph refers to the STANDARD style of printed characters, without doodads and such.
Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis) is a tree that can survive in nearly「all cases」of extreme cold, heat, drought, wetness, high or low elevations, and its leaves in autumn change from green to bright red regardless of its environment (unlike most trees), hence it is the MODEL, the PATTERN TO FOLLOW, and what ought to be the REGULAR CASE, a「tree in all cases.」
A「woody in all cases, for everyone」basically requires the same PATTERN TO FOLLOW, which is another way of stating that if the woody does not follow the standard pattern, it may be prudent to turn and run as if one's life depended upon it, because it very well may after engaging a bent and twisted, foul-smelling woody.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: model; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style); Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
Japanese EDRDG: square character style, correctness
Unihan extended: model style of Chinese writing

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.