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In particular, the Japanese meaning refers to a large metal pot that traditionally was used to boil and cook rice, with the「downward thrusting motions」needed to stir all that heavy cooked rice and scrape the interior surfaces before serving. In modern Japanese parlance, also as a reference to a homosexual male, with「whacking crossed sticks」(as「crossing penises」to replace the usual「person」element) and「in stance for downward thrusting of penis」into smooth interior surface. Also perhaps because a related glyph meaning to「cook rice」uses the elements「fire needs big blow」(炊) and homosexuals are associated with「sticks on fire, fagot (faggot)」as well as commonly performing fellatio with one another. This pot sits above burning fagot (faggot) needing a big blow to fire the embers. DebunKanji does not state a moral opinion regarding the use of these terms to describe homosexuality of either sex, but is simply explaining how and why the use of the terms originated, and the glyphs behind that usage.
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: kettle; cauldron
Japanese: iron pot, kettle
Unihan extended: cauldron, pot, kettle
EDRDG: kettle; cauldron; iron pot
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
Japanese vocabulary: 34 entries
Chinese usage: 10 entries
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 1 entry
Related glyphs [ Toggle font ]
Similar glyphs with related meanings: 17 entries
- Glyph.03492
- Strokes: 10
- grade_08
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