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「Scorpion burrow」or「tied in figure-eights」as the method used for applying foot-binding cloths (and euphemistic of two breasts and a lap). Middle as「good enough」or「chewing, eat me, conspicuous sitting person」or is merged「tonguing mouth on loose and dripping short leg.」Right element of「village, scorpion burrow, vaginal orifice.」
Refers to one's BIRTHPLACE, HOMETOWN, something like「surrounded by orifices of scorpions where I was spawned」and not forgetting that the actual BIRTHPLACE of most folks in the old days was indeed the vagina of his or her mother. Note that the center and right elements as one glyph can mean「ne'er-do-well, a newlywed husband or son, a prostitute, or a local government official.」Finally referring to the village itself, and returning to one's HOMETOWN for the「village festival」or「neighborhood festival」(annual occasions) that combines all three elements into「born from a scorpion burrow in a rural village as a low-class common serf but can surely eat well at a party.」
One might suppose that the sages preferred the「less-rural」types, such as city folk, but no, apparently not so…the sages lampooned everyone, even the emperor's queen (see 后), and the emperor, too (see 皇). Note that the elements may very well be HOMETOWN as「in the home burrow tonguing loose and dripping with mommy」perhaps nursing on nipples, or perhaps otherwise:「In Japan, it is not uncommon for mothers to sexually stimulate their children to soothe them so they will sleep. There have been stories in the press of mother-son incest arising from the strong nature of this relationship in Japan and the important maternal role of ensuring the son succeeds at school. According to Hideo Tokuoka, 'When Americans think of incest, they think of fathers and daughters. In Japan one thinks of mothers and sons' due to the extensive media coverage of mother-son incest there.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest 2012-08-21 ] long ago, incest among early humans was universal, so nobody thought of it as being the least bit strange…nor do the bonobos of today.
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)
Chinese: country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township
Unihan extended: country; rural; village
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
Chinese usage: 344 entries
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 8 entries
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Similar glyphs with related meanings: 22 entries
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- Strokes: 12
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