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su zu
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[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzu 2015-04-16 ]
Needless to point out perhaps is that the bell resembles the shape of testicles inside a scrotum. A BELL as「metal command」to a slave, and then giving an「order, command.」Now used as ALARM or a DOORBELL or any sort of small or household-sized bell. As this glyph was likely invented prior to the smelting and casting of metal bells, more likely is that this depicted the「ordering a slave and the command to assume the position of kneeling with facedown on the ground」a posture that would then cause the backside of the slave to resemble two suzu bell-like shapes between the legs. Recall that the elements meaning「metal」are「person taking stance with downward thrusting motions」which might explain why the slave was ordered to assume such a posture, and to be ALARMED. Use as CLUSTERING with ALARM BELL, CRAMMED, OVERFLOWING OF FLUIDS needs no further explanation as a situation that had begun to spiral out of control. Of some noteworthy mention is that the most common family name in Japan is 鈴木, for what it's worth:「suzu bells with woody shaft.」
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: (small) bell
Japanese: bell, bunches, clusters, crammed, overflowing
Unihan extended: bell
EDRDG: small bell; buzzer
Used within names (nanori)
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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: 32 entries
Chinese usage: 31 entries
Similar glyphs with related meanings: 31 entries
- Glyph.07214
- Strokes: 13
- jlpt-N2 grade_08
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