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SHI N
mo u su ・ mo u shi~ ・ sa ru
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As an element, always refers in some way to「forceful intercourse」either as loud hollering (verbal) or intense sexual activity, similar to that of bonobos and humans. Obviously there are plenty of element combinations possible for this glyph, but「screwing within orifice」「rod in plugged orifice」「rod in tonguing mouth」all might describe a screeching bonobo or early human upon gaining entry to a desired port of call, EXTEND or EXTENDING the rod into said orifice, the「cause of rod」EXTENSION,「rod pushing down in plugged orifice」and so on and so forth. CALLING OUT and screaming with delight upon scoring a mate tends to attract the attention of others nearby, male and/or female vocalization being an instinctive primate reflex and not the result of conscious aforethought (…these days, it may be better not to attract too many potential rivals there, buddy).
(1) 子 rat (children, spermatozoa)
(2) 丑 cattle (herded meat assets, harem)
(3) 寅 tiger (religious dogma, enslavement)
(4) 卯 rabbit (female, reproduction)
(5) 辰 dragon (power sex)
(6) 巳 snake (fornication)
(7) 午 horse (autoeroticism)
(8) 未 sheep (zooerastia)
(9) 申 monkey (deities, anal-centric)
(10) 酉 cock (cognitive processing impairment)
(11) 戌 dog (male, domination)
(12) 亥 swine (humanity in general).
External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey
Japanese EDRDG: have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
Unihan extended: to state to a superior, report; extend; 9th terrestrial branch
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: 168 entries
Chinese usage: 80 entries
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 220 entries
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Similar glyphs with related meanings: 41 entries
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- Strokes: 05
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