鯹 starfish; salmon, steelhead trout, smells fishy 魯,生,鮏,曰,魚,星,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

セイ　･　ショウ　･　ソウ
SE　I　･　SHO　U　･　SO　U

Kun-yomi

なまぐさ(い　･　なまぐさ　･　さけ
na　ma　gu　sa　i　･　na　ma　gu　sa　･　sa　ke

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

魯

ロ,おろか vulgar, rude, crass, stupid

　FISH, FISHING, WET AND SLIPPERY MEAT, FISHY SMELL, TO CATCH A SUCKER with TONGUING SOMETHING, TONGUE IN A MOUTH, SPEAK, HAVING A REASON TO DO SOMETHING, PRETENDING, A PRETEXT, EXCUSE GIVEN TO HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR SOMETHING, ROD WITHIN ORIFICE OR MOUTH
　

生

セイ,ショウ,い,う,うま,うまれ,お,は,き,なま,なま～,む,～う life, alive, give birth, raw, not yet cooked, virility, prick head

　HEAD and PAINFUL CONDITION
…or: PRICK HEAD
…or: ARRAY of RED FLAG PULL-OUTS
…or: PRONE in NIGHT SOIL
…or: BEEF MEAT ARRAY
…or: MEAT ASSETS ARRAYED
　

鮏

セイ,ショウ,ソウ,なまぐさ,さけ sashimi, raw fish, spawning salmon

　FISH, SLIPPERY MEAT and LIFE, ALIVE, RAW, NOT YET COOKED
　

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
　

魚

ギョ,うお,さかな,～ざかな aquatic animals (refers not necessarily solely to "fish" in the modern cladistic sense, and includes cetaceans); wet and slippery meat, fishy smell, to catch a sucker

　HEAD AND NECK with CLOSED ORIFICE and MANY EMISSIONS
…or: DANGER, LOOKING UP and FILLED MOUTH with MANY EMISSIONS
…or: HEAD SLIDING and ROLLING, GASPING in SLURRY, MUCK ORIFICE with MANY EMISSIONS
…or: HEAD SLIDING and GASPING in RICE PADDY with MANY EMISSIONS
　

星

セイ,ショウ,ほし,～ぼし star, small amount, a body that revolves around a much larger mass, bright flashing sensations from a blow to the head

　TONGUING MOUTH with HEAD OF PRICK
　

Meanings of elements

FISH, SLIPPERY MEAT, FISHING and STAR, SMALL AMOUNT, A BODY THAT REVOLVES AROUND A MUCH LARGER MASS, BRIGHT FLASHING SENSATIONS FROM A BLOW TO THE HEAD

Some have suggested 'starfish' and while a possibility, it ought to be noted that in Japan at least, the species of animals called 'starfish' in English are referred to as 'human hand' (when translated). Since most fish have an「open mouth」fairly often when「alive」it is difficult to narrow this one down further. Nevertheless,「vulgarity with raw prick head」fits as a human hand, however, and, fits with the glyphs euphemistic meaning associated with「stars.」Interestingly, slippery meat in a tonguing mouth on prick head—or with a star performer in any orifice—suggests meat that is all pink in the inside as are SALMON and STEELHEAD ('steel' refers to the color of the fish's head, and not to that of the client, it is generally believed).

External source definitions
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definition speculated from combining the elements, or, from usage in other glyphs

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.