褒 praise, compliment, prudent countermeasures, regard highly, honor; baggy loose clothing, smock, apron, personal protective equipment (PPE) 亠,保,㇀,化,衣,亻,呆,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ホウ
HO　U

Kun-yomi

ほ(める
ho　me　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

亠

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

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

保

ホ,ホウ,たも ensure, insure, defend, preserve, protect, maintain, keep, sustain, guarantee, to care for

　ON VACATION, TEMPORARILY CEASE DOING SOMETHING with ORIFICE
…or: PERSON, ROD HEAD and TO REMAIN IN, TO STAY WITHIN
…or: DORMANT, DON'T DO THAT! with ORIFICE
…or: WHAT?! TEN MEN UTENSIL, TOOL LIKE TEN MEN with ORIFICE
…or: EMISSIONS and TEN OF SOMETHING, AN ASSORTMENT, MISCELLANEOUS ORIFICES
…or: ROD HEAD SPURTING SOME SORT OF EMISSION and FILLED COMPLETELY, SCREWING ROTATION, HOLE OR OTHER OPENING PLUGGED, BLOCKED, NEEDLE, TEN
…or: PERSON, ROD HEAD 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
　

㇀

× HTML entity: ㇀ head, sliding in and up

　HEAD SLIDING UP, HEAD IN
　

化

カ,ケ,ば,ふ,け transformation, to make something by transforming; to take a different form; to convert or improve; to delude, bewitch, enchant or charm

　MALE with SERVICE PROVIDER
…or: ROD HEAD with SERVICE PROVIDER
…or: PERSON REPEATEDLY BOBBING HEAD of APPENDAGE SPEWING VENOM
…or: ROD HEAD SLIDING with PENIS REPEATEDLY
　

衣

イ,エ,ころも,きぬ,～ぎ cloth foot bindings, cloths, clothing, to dress, a dressing, wrapped covering

　COVERING PALM GRIP, CONTROL PALMING of PERSON with RAISED FOOT of SITTING PERSON
…or: CONTROL of DELUSION, CHARM
…or: emphasis on ROD TRANSFORMATION with HEAD UP AND IN
　

亻

× person, rod head

　THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON and VERTICAL, RECIPROCATING MOTION, ONE'S ROD, STALK OR STEM
　

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
　

Meanings of elements

EMPHASIS ON ROD with DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, TO CARE FOR with HEAD SLIDING IN AND UP and with TRANSFORMATION, TAKE A DIFFERENT FORM, TO CONVERT AND IMPROVE, ENCHANT OR CHARM
…or: ROD HEAD of 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, REMAIN WITHIN and CLOTHS, CLOTHING, WRAPPED COVERING

Variant of 襃:「clothes to preserve and cover idiot's lower head in transformation」describes LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING that traps involuntary drips full of contagious pathogens to prevent others from contracting the same dose of clap, and in that sense the wearer ought to receive COMPLIMENTS or PRAISE from others as a preventive countermeasure for the rest of society.「Clothes and preserve, maintained」ought to receive COMPLIMENTS or PRAISE from others, as the items of clothing were likely REGARDED HIGHLY, HONORED.
　To wear LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING with a「big open space」will preserve the appearance of the bodily form underneath by hiding, covering it fully.「Clothing for idiot person」「cover idiot's lower head in transformation」is another benefit of wearing LOOSE CLOTHING as it may serve to hide one's erection, if that is desired…or conversely, to accentuate an erection for that matter, as perhaps the origin of the term 'tentpole pants': to indicate HIGH REGARD for someone.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: to praise; to commend; to honor; (of clothes) large or loose
Japanese: to praise, to admire, to speak well
Unihan extended: praise, commend, honor, cite
EDRDG: praise; extol

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. 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! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. 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 bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only 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 dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.