(archaic) (by extension from the qualities sense) an origin or source, a reason for something

the inherent qualities or characteristics of a thing / a shape, pattern, or design

used to count items with shafts

describes something with a stem, shaft, or handle

a pattern or design, such as on cloth / one's physical shape or build / one's character, personality, or temperament /

the trunk or stem of a plant / the shaft of an arrow / the shaft, haft, or handle of a tool

a tenon, as in a mortise and tenon carpentry join / (slang) a penis

the nock on either end of a bow where the bowstring rests / a bent nail or other kind of spike attached to or driven through an iron staff or a truncheon to make the weapon more dangerous

to go in; to come in / 要る: to be necessary, to be required

to enter, go into, get into a place or a thing / to join a group or organization / to be contained (in), to be included (in) / to be a member of a group, set, category