蔵 storage area, preserve, storehouse, warehouse, root cellar, collect and conceal 茞,戊,艹,丿,戈,茂,臣,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ゾウ　･　ソウ
ZO　U　･　SO　U

Kun-yomi

くら　･　おさ(める　･　かく(れる
ku　ra　･　o　sa　me　ru　･　ka　ku　re　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

茞

シン,× Angelica, a medicinal herb

　FLAMING TORCH with RECIPROCATING MOTION VERTICALLY, ROD STALK OR STEM WHILE VERTICAL
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS, STALKS, STEMS and VASSAL OF THE LIEGE LORD, FAITHFUL TRUSTED SERVANT, TO BE ON GUARD, SLAVE, CAPTIVE, VARLET
　

戊

ボ,ボウ,つちのえ five, fifth of a sequence; halberd, broad-bladed lance, pike, battle axe

　HAND with HEAD SLIDING and EMPHASIS on STINGER
…or: ERECTION with HEAD SLIDING and WOODY STAKE DRIVING INTO SOIL, SHOOTING DISCHARGE OF ARROW OR DIRK, WILD DOG, UNDOMESTICATED MALE
…or: STRAIGHT UP ERECT, STRETCHED TAUT with SWINGING LONG-HANDLED WEAPON, WAGGING BACULUM
　

艹

カン,あげまき,あらがね,くさかんむり fucking, emerging shafts, stalks, stems, shoots

　PLANTS, VEGETATION, FLOWERS, EMERGING SHAFTS, BUDDY SYSTEM
…or: ERECTION and ROD within CAVITIES
…or: EMERGE with STALKS, STEMS
…or: TWENTY, MULTIPLE SCREWINGS, PENETRATING SHAFTS, ARRAY OF RODS
…or: HAIR-RAISING PREPUBESCENT YOUNG VIRGIN DIVA
…or: DIVINE, CRESTING HEAD CONDITIONS WHEN ONE'S ROD IS RAISED
…or: DEEP SHAFT
…or: multiple FILLED COMPLETELY PERFECTLY FULL SCREWINGS, ROTATIONS, TWISTINGS, TURNINGS, NEEDLES, TENS
　

丿

ヘツ,えい,よう straight up erect, quick jerking movement, stretched taut

　ERECT, FLING
　

戈

カ,ほこ,ほこづくり swinging lance, spear, pike, halberd, long-handled blade as a weapon; dagger-axe, wagging one's baculum

　WOODEN STAKE, SHOOTING, TAPERED WOOD FOR DRIVING INTO SOIL and THE HEAD, SLIDING DOWN
　

茂

モ,しげ luxuriant, overgrown, densely clustered, talented, running rampant

　EMERGING SHAFTS and ERECTION with WILD DOGS or FIFTH OF A SEQUENCE, PIKE, LANCE
　

臣

シン,ジン,× vassal of the liege lord, faithful, trusted, servant, to be on guard, guarded concubine, slave, captive, varlet

　LARGE DIMENSIONS, WIDE BERTH, WARNING TO MAINTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM with EXTENT on each side
　

Meanings of elements

LANCE in MEDICINAL HERB
…or: DENSELY CLUSTERED, OVERGROWN and ON GUARD, GUARDED
…or: RUNNING RAMPANT, EMERGING SHAFTS of DOG ERECTIONS within HEAVILY GUARDED CONCUBINES

「Overgrown, luxuriant」uses the elements「plants with dog, emerging dog shafts」that perhaps indicate excessive growth due to being fertilized by urine from the animal. Internal element is「wise, maintain distance on each side.」The idea of「over」grown suggests having more than enough at the time, so finding a method of STORAGE and PRESERVING the crop would provide food at a later time when there were fewer fresh crops to harvest. The「dog」element here suggests「protect, guarded with halberds, lances on each side.」「Maintaining distance on each side, inside the storehouse」allows some air to flow a bit, which helps prevent the growth of mold, mildew and fungi within a FOOD CELLAR, WAREHOUSE, STOREHOUSE, DEPOSITORY. Any food or other items so COLLECTED and STORED would then be kept out of sight, CONCEALED, HARBORED. Note that it would have been a good idea to place actual「dogs on each side」of the warehouse along with men holding「lances」to guard and protect the contents by barking to give notice if anyone approached, and to force unauthorized visitors to「maintain their distance」or risk being attacked, protecting and preserving the warehouse contents.
Nevertheless,「medicinal herb around lance」suggests packing a groin poultice with the same meanings of PRESERVING, STOREHOUSE, DEPOSITORY kept out of sight, CONCEALED, HARBORED.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Japanese variant of 藏
Japanese EDRDG: storehouse, hide, own, have, possess
Unihan extended: hide, conceal; hoard, store up

Used within names (nanori)
くらし　･　くらん　･　くろう　･　さし　･　ざ　･　ろう

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.