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Bundle of wood sticks, as in FAGOT (FAGGOT), literally meaning,「flaming sticks, flashing firebrands, sticks with glowing red embers at one end.」Slang English term for a cigarette as a FAG for this reason.
As a euphemism for HOMOSEXUALITY,「heads buried in night soil」and「burning crossed sticks」as the source in English also for the derogatory term「fagot (faggot)」as applied to a homosexual male. Note that the Chinese sages were under no requirements to remain politically correct at any time when designing glyphs, and that homosexuality in dynastic China was considered to be acceptable behavior, just as it is more and more so in the modern world:「head sliding in feces.」…anyone's feces. DebunKanji does not state a moral opinion regarding the use of the term FAGOT (FAGGOT) to describe HOMOSEXUAL MALES, but is simply explaining how and why the use of the term originated, and the glyphs behind that usage.
Without speculating, it is unclear how elderly gentlemen relate directly to fagot (faggot) as bundles of flaming sticks or to homosexual males, but apparently this element also represents an OLD MAN, such as one who is bent far over holding a walking stick or may soon「slide into the ground」upon his death. Nevertheless, if 人 represents a person, and 土 represents the ground and soil, then 耂 could be interpreted as someone with the end of a leg in the soil, or in English, 'one foot in the grave.' Needless to point out are these elements as「screwing with hand」as the last resort of most OLD MEN. See「lifelong experience」: 寿 and much whacking 爻, perhaps「head sliding with his own feces」as dementia takes control of his grey matter.
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)
EDRDG: variant of radical 125
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?
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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.
Primal elements
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 105 entries
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Similar glyphs with related meanings: 63 entries
- Glyph.00148
- Strokes: 04 ~ 06
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