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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ゴ
GO

Kun-yomi

かた(る　･　かた(らう
ka　ta　ru　･　ka　ta　ra　u

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亠

トウ,× emphasis on rod, palming, under control, covered

　THIS IS THE POINT emphasis on ROD, SEGMENT, ARRAY, INDICATES EXTENT
　

二

ニ,ジ,ふた,ふたたび two; a change of physical state

　ONE (twice)
　

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
　

吅

× juxtaposed orifices, rowdy behavior; female-female relations

　multiple ORIFICES, MOUTHS
　

言

ゲン,ゴン,い,こと intercourse oral or otherwise, to say or speak words, sexual activity and foreplay

　MANY LINES with MOUTH
…or: MANY RODS with ORIFICE
…or: PALM on ROD with HORIZONTAL RECIPROCATING MOTIONS and ORIFICE
　

丅

カ,ゲ,した,しも,もと,さ,くだ,お down, rod down

　DOWN
　

ユ

× HTML entity: ユ pulled out of the normal shape

　ROLLED, ROLLING, BEING ROLLED, SECOND POSITION, 2ND IN A SEQUENCE and LATERAL MOTION
…or: EXTREME TENSION, STRESS WITH PAIN AND GASPS, TAUT, TIGHT, SPRING-LIKE ACTION and INDICATES THE WIDTH OR EXTENT OF ANOTHER ELEMENT, AN ARRAY OF ITEMS
　

口

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

　ORIFICE
　

吾

ゴ,われ,わが～,あ～ resist, impede; evade, evasive; I, me, my, we, us (connotes arrogance), indicating familiarity or contempt; five orifices of a concubine

　FIVE ORIFICE(S)
…or: ROD with NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT ORIFICE
…or: ROD DOWN and PULLED OUT OF SHAPE TO ONE SIDE with ORIFICE
　

Meanings of elements

EMPHASIS ON ROD and many times RECIPROCATING LATERAL ROD MOTION, INDICATES EXTENT with JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES, ROWDY BEHAVIOR, FEMALE-FEMALE RELATIONS and ROD with FOOT
…or: ORAL INTERCOURSE, SAY OR SPEAK WORDS, SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND FOREPLAY with ROD DOWN and PULLED OUT OF THE NORMAL SHAPE with ORIFICE, MOUTH, CAVITY OR PASSAGE OF THE BODY
…or: RESIST, EVASIVE with INTERCOURSE
…or: I ME MY ARROGANCE, INDICATING FAMILIARITY OR CONTEMPT with THE FIVE ORIFICES OF A CONCUBINE and INTERCOURSE

「Speech, say and arrogant me」as SPEAK WORDS, my LANGUAGE. Elements as「saying」that「impedes, evades」depict a fictional STORY, at first perhaps created to cover a lie or deceive, or to explain the inexplicable by creating an imaginary fairy tale, myth, an old narrative story. But those tales may have become quite interesting and now are told and retold deliberately for entertainment, sold as FICTION, and considered to be the harmless fruits of human imagination. Or, a NARRATION recalling the events during intercourse (so, what else was there to discuss a few thousand years ago?). The oldest known fictional account preserved today is a long series of narratives about the hero and his sexual exploits at court, Tale of Genji「intercourse with arrogant me.」「I me my arrogance indicating familiarity with the five orifices of a concubine and intercourse」as a NARRATION, SPEAKING WORDS, an EXPLANATION, a STORY or TALL TALE.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to tell to; dialect; language; speech
Japanese EDRDG: word, speech, language
Unihan extended: language, words; saying, expression

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.