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Alternative glyph is「heavenly orifice, mouth」(吴) which ought to provide clues as to overall usage. Meaning DOING SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, DOING SOMETHING FOR ANOTHER THAT THEY CANNOT DO FOR THEMSELVES. What is something that a man (in this case) cannot do for himself, but would like to do for himself, that would cause a「mouth to become distorted in high tension for a long time causing gasps, and with both hands」? and also meaning to GIVE? nothing expresses the kindness, gentleness, and selflessness *joy* of GIVING better than「giving head.」The ability to perform autofellatio is present in only two or three male humans in a thousand, indicating that natural selection has reduced this allele within the human population considerably but not entirely, yet, most probably because those males able to perform such a feat spent the entire day doing so, leaving themselves open to predators that may attack while the subject is wholly self-absorbed and defenseless (data for female humans is unavailable, since perhaps females simply do not attempt this act as often as do males. Population sample excluded circus performers, wrestlers, and gymnasts).
Scholars add these other meanings of this glyph: DISTORTED SPEECH, to SPEAK LIES, to BRAG. All may be related to a man talking about his ability to actually give himself a blow job by distorting himself (not a joke: search 'autofellatio' if interested).
External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in Southern China at different historical periods
Unihan extended: one of warring states
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
Chinese usage: 63 entries
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 9 entries
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Similar glyphs with related meanings: 59 entries
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- Strokes: 07
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