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TE I
na mi da ･ na ku
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The nose is generally a fine place to readily locate a source of mucus needed for lubrication when bonobos or other animals, such as human beings in the past, start to perform some「self-conferring of the prize, getting some self-booty」(鼻)…both male and female bonobos have learned to blow snot into a hand and use it to begin masturbation, and this technique is deliberately taught to the young. See 齆 and 鼽
In dynastic China, the no-longer-integrated foot service providers were clearly in a「subordinate position」in more ways than one, and「fluids flowing with emissions on arch of no-longer-integrated foot with rod inserted and head sliding」eventually caused some TEARS and some SYMPATHY. But as mentioned above, NASAL MUCUS as a natural, readily available, non-oily lubricant would often aid in providing those services.
External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: tears; nasal mucus
Japanese EDRDG: tears, sympathy
Unihan extended: tear; snivel, nasal mucus
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?
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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.
Primal elements
Japanese vocabulary: 2 entries
Chinese usage: 22 entries
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Similar glyphs with related meanings: 34 entries
- Glyph.03673
- Strokes: 10
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