聶 whispering, rustling sounds 耳,耳,耳,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ショウ　･　ジョウ　･　ニョウ
SHO　U　･　JO　U　･　NYO　U

Kun-yomi

ささや(く
sa　sa　ya　ku

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

耳

ジ,みみ hearing, listening, adjust balance and positioning, adjust internal pressure, ear; soldier, clan flag, that is all, end of message

　ARRAY of VERTICAL MOTION with ADJUST POSITION AND BALANCE in ANY DIRECTION, DISCONNECTED BONE FRAGMENTS, INTERNAL DIVISIONS
　

耳

ジ,みみ hearing, listening, adjust balance and positioning, adjust internal pressure, ear; soldier, clan flag, that is all, end of message

　ARRAY of VERTICAL MOTION with ADJUST POSITION AND BALANCE in ANY DIRECTION, DISCONNECTED BONE FRAGMENTS, INTERNAL DIVISIONS
　

耳

ジ,みみ hearing, listening, adjust balance and positioning, adjust internal pressure, ear; soldier, clan flag, that is all, end of message

　ARRAY of VERTICAL MOTION with ADJUST POSITION AND BALANCE in ANY DIRECTION, DISCONNECTED BONE FRAGMENTS, INTERNAL DIVISIONS
　

Meanings of elements

MANY SOLDIERS
…or: MANY FLAGS
…or: MANY EARS
…or: MANY ADJUSTMENTS OF BALANCE AND POSITIONING

「Many soldier flags, many ears」means WHISPERING as in passing along a rumor.「From ear to ear to ear」whispering some gossip.「Ear」resembles the shape of a vertical flag attached to a pole used in China and Japan to identify soldiers as belonging to one side or the other of a battle, and「many of them」may be a battalion of foot soldiers, with rumors circulating among the「soldiers with flags」from ear to ear. Clearly, rumors would spread much faster among foot soldiers facing death while huddled and whispering among the trees awaiting order to charge much more quickly (in seconds) than scattered serfs hoeing gardens among the hills and valleys (may take years, or decades), so that「ears of soldiers with their lord's flag up backside」is a much more poignant depiction than valleys and hills sparsely populated with old serfs, as some scholars suggest.
「Many adjustments of positioning and balance, many flags」also refers to a RUSTLING SOUND caused by many fluttering flags, by pleats in a skirt (resembling Asian flags), or leaves being blown, or any other large group of soft fluttering actions that when combined cause this sound, such as when rustling a neighbor's meat by grabbing his herd animals, or「talented hand use with many adjustments of positioning, soft fluttering actions」(攝).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to whisper
Japanese EDRDG: whisper
Unihan extended: whisper

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.