伸 stretch, extend, side-stroking, straighten, elastic, lengthen, prolong, to gain influence, become stronger 什,口,曰,丨,亻,申,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

シン
SHI　N

Kun-yomi

の(びる　･　の(ばす　･　の(べる　･　の(す
no　bi　ru　･　no　ba　su　･　no　be　ru　･　no　su

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

什

ジュウ,シュウ,× what? ten men; utensil, tool, tool like ten men, an assortment, miscellaneous, ten of something

　PERSON and TEN
…or: PERSON with TWISTING, SCREWING
　

口

コウ,ク,くち orifice, mouth, cavity or passage of the body; an opening, aperture, vent

　ORIFICE
　

曰

エツ,いわ,のたま,ここに tonguing something, tongue in a mouth, speak, say; having a reason to do something, pretending, a pretext, excuse given to hide the true reason for something, rod within orifice or mouth

　ROD in ORIFICE, MOUTH
…or: ORIFICE, MOUTH and ARRAYED
…or: RAISED ROD in CAVITY CONTAINMENT
…or: DIVINE, DIVA with IN-OUT, END-TO-END
　

丨

コン,シ,ジョ,ニョ,すす,しりぞ vertical, reciprocating motion vertically, rod stalk or stem while vertical

　TOP TO BOTTOM, BOTTOM TO TOP, UP-DOWN
　

亻

× person, rod head

　THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON and VERTICAL, RECIPROCATING MOTION, ONE'S ROD, STALK OR STEM
　

申

シン,もう,さる to extend, to explain, speak forcefully; flashing of lightning and thunder, to be called, a calling; the monkey (Chinese zodiac sign)

　TONGUE IN MOUTH, SAY, SPEAK with RECIPROCAL MOTION
…or: ROD inside PLUGGING MUCK ORIFICE
　

Meanings of elements

TOOL within ORIFICE
…or: PERSON with THE MONKEY
…or: PERSON and PROLONGED EXTENSION, THUNDERING, DIVINE
…or: PERSON with ROD in PLUGGED ORIFICE or TONGUING MOUTH

Can this glyph truly mean 'person who talks too long during a speech' as some claim? note that the ancient zodiac sign for「Monkey」is the right element, a reference to talking long but saying little.「Person with his monkey」or「person monkeying around」STRETCHING, EXTENDING, STROKING FROM THE SIDE, STRAIGHTENING, LENGTHENING, ELASTIC, BECOMING STRONGER and so on. See 馬 for a similar meaning, 'horsing around.'

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: to stretch; to extend
Japanese: stretching, sidestroke, to stretch, to extend, to lengthen, to spread, to gain influence, to become stronger, to increase, to go further, to smooth out, to roll out, to spread out, to iron, to knock out, to knock down, growth, development, elongation, extension, carry, sustain, to grow long, to reach out, to hold out, to straighten, to spread evenly, to dilute, to thin out, to postpone, to prolong, to strengthen, to develop, to expand, to make progress, to grow stale, to be straightened, to be flattened, to be smoothed, to be exhausted, to lay out, to widen, room for growth, potential, promise, comfortable, carefree
Unihan extended: extend, stretch out, open up; trust
EDRDG: expand; stretch; extend; lengthen; increase

Used within names (nanori)
のぶ　･　よぼる

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? (More...) 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.