黙 silent, stillness, quietness, without giving notice, taciturnity, refusing explanation, mute, dumb, hematochezia, tar-like black coagulated blood in feces, internally bleeding, burial position, positioning deeply buried in soil 畎,土,黑,黒,里,灬,犬,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

モク　･　ボク
MO　KU　･　BO　KU

Kun-yomi

だま(る　･　もだ(す
da　ma　ru　･　mo　da　su

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

畎

ケン,テイ,キョウ,みぞ hole in a soil wall; drains between fields, irrigation connecting channels, draining muck

　WETLANDS WORKER and ARRAY OF ITEMS and EMPHASIZED
…or: CLOSING A HOLE OR OTHER OPENING, PLUGGED, BLOCKED, FILLED COMPLETELY and BARK, HOWL
…or: SCREWING and HOWLING, BARKING LIKE A DOG
…or: PUBLIC USE, CLAMOUR, THUNDEROUS, PROTOPLASM, SLIME, SLIMY, DARK RED PIGMENT, PLUGGED AND FILLED ORIFICE OR CAVITY, WET AREA FOR IMPLANTING, WETLANDS, RICE PADDY, MUCK POOL, SLURRY PIT, PUBLIC USE, MANY ORIFICES and CANID, DOMESTICATED DOG
　

土

ド,ト,つち soil, night soil (feces)

　SCREWING with ROD
…or: RODS UP
…or: ROD within A FLESH SEAM
　

黑

コク,くろい black, melena, evil, sinister, secret, shady, illegal; dark, opaque, cannot see, cannot look at, internally ruptured and bleeding, many emissions with torn tissue tags and feces

　ORIFICE, CAVITY, BODILY OPENING or TO LITIGATE, ACCUSE, TO SUE, ROWDY BEHAVIOR, TWO ORIFICES each with emphasis EMIT UPWARD SPURTING with FECES and MANY EMISSIONS
…or: HIT THE BULL'S-EYE inside ORIFICES, CAVITIES OF THE BODY with emphasis or EMIT UPWARD SPURTING with FECES INSIDE SOIL WALLS and MANY EMISSIONS
　

黒

コク,くろ black, melena, evil, sinister, illicit, wicked, secret, shady, illegal; dark, opaque, cannot see, cannot look at, internally ruptured and bleeding

　MUCK ORIFICE with FECES and MANY EMISSIONS
…or: AREA INSIDE INTERNAL LINING OF SOIL WALLS, DIRTY PATH INTO NIGHT SOIL and MANY EMISSIONS
…or: PRICK PLUGGING ORIFICE with MANY EMISSIONS
　

里

リ,さと internal lining, inside soil walls, pathway into night soil, one's birthplace origins upbringing or past, hometown, hamlet, countryside, rural; prostitution district, area of special administration, measurement testing for inclusion

　PADDY with CLAY, SOIL, FECES
…or: PRICK within ORIFICE, SPREAD LEGS
…or: PLUGGING ORIFICE(S) with FECES
…or: HARD-BODIED ROD, PLOWING in CAVITY
…or: SCREWING in FECAL ORIFICE
　

灬

ヒョウ,カ,× many emissions, external fertilization

　EMISSIONS multiplied, EMISSIONS repeatedly
　

犬

ケン,いぬ,いぬ～ canid; domesticated dog

　TAUT LEASH with IN HAND
…or: BIG in TWO HANDS with emphasis
…or: ADULT MALE ROD with emphasis marker
　

Meanings of elements

HOLE IN SOIL WALL, DRAINING MUCK with SOIL, FECES and MANY EMISSIONS
…or: BLACK, MELENA, CANNOT LOOK AT, INTERNALLY RUPTURED AND BLEEDING with emphasis on BIG, TWO-HANDED, DOG
…or: PAST, INTERNAL LINING OF SOIL WALLS, PATH INTO NIGHT SOIL, AREA OF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION, MEASUREMENT TESTING FOR INCLUSION with MANY EMISSIONS and with BIG, DOG, emphasis on BOTH HANDS

Being DEATHLY QUIET'「dog, emphasis on a big one, two-handed」and「hole within internal soil wall, draining muck, bleeding internally」after becoming「black with many emissions of melena, dipped in shit」refers to TORN TISSUES of the colon and/or anal sphincters as a「result of a too big dog」gaining backdoor entry.
It is unlikely that a「black dog」is any quieter, silent, or less disturbing than another color of dog coat.「Fostering, one's upbringing with dog and many emissions」as a well-trained, cared-for animal that is QUIET, STILL, MUTE at home. Nevertheless,「sinister, evil, internally ruptured and bleeding」「dog with many emissions」after being kicked in the ribs WITHOUT NOTICE for barking will become QUIET and may die due to TORN TISSUES with INTERNAL BLEEDING, and in dynastic China, likely also would have become tomorrow's family supper. The now-missing animal could very well be the reason for SILENCE and being QUIET, and actually there are not many stray dogs in Asia. Note the Japanese variant uses one less stroke count for「black」and that the now-ingested animal will then become exactly at the elements describe:「dog in feces emitted from full orifice」from many family members.
See original glyph (穆)「gonorrhea conspicuous streaming emissions covering pubic hair, fur.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Japanese variant of 默
Japanese EDRDG: silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is
Unihan extended: silent; quiet, still; dark

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.