粿 rice cake, mochi 米,口,未,呆,十,果,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

カ　･　ゲ
KA　･　GE

Kun-yomi

しらげよね
shi　ra　ge　yo　ne

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

米

ベイ,マイ,メエトル,こめ,よね sticky blob or splat, many seeds in one place, grainy, puckered, flaming, rice

　EMIT IN ALL DIRECTIONS with SCREWING
…or: EMISSIONS SPURTING UP from WOODY
…or: ARRAY of items, ROD with STICKY FLUID EMISSIONS
…or: RODS in all directions DRIPPING on all sides
　

口

コウ,ク,くち orifice, mouth, cavity or passage of the body; an opening, aperture, vent

　ORIFICE
　

未

ミ,ビ,いま,ひつじ (zodiac) sheep; not yet; immature

　TREE NARROW
…or: WOODY NARROW
…or: SHORT ROD SEGMENT of WOOD
…or: CHANGING STATE of ROD with EMISSIONS
　

呆

ホウ,ほけ,ぼ,あき,おろか person tending to make poor decisions and careless mistakes, idiot, in need of protection, expressionless cognitively torpid fool unable to learn, stupid, empty-headed, senile, big empty space, blockhead; to remain in, to stay within

　MOUTH on WOODY
…or: ORIFICE with WOODY
…or: ORIFICE with SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: ORIFICE and ROD within SMALL YOUTH, MONS PUBIS, STREAM of EMISSIONS
　

十

ジュウ,ジッ,ジュッ,とお filled completely, perfectly full; screwing, rotating, twisting, turning; crossed shape; closing a hole or other opening, plugged, blocked; needle; ten

　VERTICALLY and HORIZONTALLY
…or: TOP TO BOTTOM and SIDE TO SIDE
　

果

カ,は,はた,～は the fruits of one's efforts, effect, result, resolution, determination to succeed in doing, accomplish, finish; be used up exhausted to the limit

　SCREWING within ORIFICE and REMAIN IN, STAY WITHIN
…or: ROD within SHINY FLASHING, TONGUING MOUTH on WOODY
…or: inside IMMATURE ORIFICE
…or: inside ORIFICE of IMMATURE SHEEP
…or: SCREWING within ORIFICE with WOODY
…or: CAVITY WITH TWO SETS OF LIPS enclosing WOODY
…or: SCREWING IDIOT
…or: WOODY PLUGGING MUCK ORIFICE
…or: TONGUING MOUTH on LONG WOOD ROD
…or: SCREWING within ORIFICE and TENDING TO MAKE POOR DECISIONS AND CARELESS MISTAKES, IDIOT IN NEED OF PROTECTION, EXPRESSIONLESS COGNITIVELY TORPID FOOL UNABLE TO LEARN, STUPID EMPTY-HEADED SENILE BLOCKHEAD
　

Meanings of elements

STICKY BLOB but NOT YET in ORIFICE
…or: STICKY BLOB and EFFECT, RESULT, ACCOMPLISH, FINISH, SUCCEED IN DOING, UPPER LIMIT
…or: RICE and PLUGGED BLOCKED MOUTH, REMAINING WITHIN, TENDING TO MAKE POOR DECISIONS AND CARELESS MISTAKES, IDIOT IN NEED OF PROTECTION, EXPRESSIONLESS COGNITIVELY TORPID

「Sticky blob of seeds but not yet in orifice」suggests a condition that can still be eaten easily. Cooked rice for making thick blobs of so-called 'rice cake' by pounding the steamed rice with a large wooden mallet until one huge homogenous mass is the result, the「ultimate limit.」Japanese mochi is actually fairly good to eat, if taken in small quantities and thoroughly chewed prior to attempting the action of swallowing…otherwise, it is fairly easy to choke to death as the「ultimate limit.」Note that「cake」fundamentally does not refer to the end product of a light, fluffy, sugary baked confection, but actually refers to the raw material of thick batter before baking. 'cake, caked' means to cover or fill with a thick layer, as of compacted matter or crusty mass, for example: a coal miner whose face was caked with soot, or the oil cake formed after pressing oil from seeds, or that coats the oil catch pan of machining lathes, and so on: Japanese mochi is this sort of heavy, thick, sticky goo (when freshly made).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: cooked rice for making cake
Japanese EDRDG: rice cake
Unihan extended: rice cake

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.