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SO U ・ SHU ・ SHU U
sa ga su
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Yet, the individual elements may simply mean SEARCHING, SEEKING as「two talented hands with rod in crotch and plugging orifice.」…a guy trying to make a human connection and find「relief」but perhaps the partner has passed out already and the other guy is likely fairly inebriated himself, or, is quite「elderly.」
Nevertheless, since the elderly become constipated much more often than younger people, this glyph could very well be referring to「using both hands to SEEK, SEARCH FOR the cause of a plugged orifice in crotch with a probe」(no kidding—this is the meaning in other glyphs)…the original elements could also be read as「tamping crotch with rod」(see the related glyphs with the explicit meanings of relieving constipation).
「While constipation is a problem for people of all ages, it has a much higher incidence among the elderly, and it is hard to find relief. Constipation rates in seniors (over 65 years of age) are around 30%.」
[ link now-dead was https://www.stayregularnow.com/how-to-find-relief-constipation-in-the-elderly.html 2011-05-25 so see instead https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325863/ ]
Note that the modern right elements appear to be「voices of gods」as a fairly loud roar, or「forcefully」and with「crotch」either might accompany actions intended to relieve constipation among the elderly.
Perhaps elderly folks used to walk away and become lost often, so family needed to SEARCH, SEEK for them (this still occurs) by hollering loudly. Often elderly people become forgetful as dementia begins to take hold of the mind in advanced age, and they need to SEARCH, SEEK for misplaced items within the cave or pit hole home, such as eyeglasses, keys, mobile telephones, etc. Then again,「elderly person using hands forcefully in crotch」might suggest SEEKING, SEARCHING for a lost or missing orgasm or erection due to dysfunction and old age…SEEKING「hands and crotch of [hose] monkey」: use your imagination.
External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Japanese variant of 搜; to search
Japanese EDRDG: search, look for, locate
Unihan extended: search, seek; investigate
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: 50 entries
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Similar glyphs with related meanings: 56 entries
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- Strokes: 10
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