Please

qing3 = please The right-hand phonetic semen: jing1. This makes sense: the bottom is the moon stand-in for flesh and the top looks like an explosion flesh exploding would describe semen. And no wonder it means please. The character on the left of semen is rice

is also in the word for

mi3. Think about what rice pudding looks like and youll have a clue to this character. It also means essence and spirit. The word poison du2 also has that exploding top and, oddly, mother on the bottom (negative propaganda about women here, again built into the language), and semen is a kind of neurotoxin. You introduce it into the vagina, and it starts a nine-month process that is very difficult to stop. But doesnt just mean rice and semen. It also represents one of the causes of semen: breasts, which are mimi , but better to think:

Please by Jennifer Ball. Mandarin Uncensored 9/9/2011: avail. at www.originofalphabet.com rev. 6 October 2011 10:20 AM