攝 take in, absorb, assimilate; surrogate, proxy, deputy, to act for another, administer, assist, lending a hand, vicarious, surrogate 抖,丅,耳,扌,聶,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

セツ　･　ショウ
SE　TSU　･　SHO　U

Kun-yomi

おさ(める　･　かね(る　･　と(る
o　sa　me　ru　･　ka　ne　ru　･　to　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

抖

ト,トウ,× tremble, shake, arouse, jiggle, to shake and cause to fling out of; to 'have it made'

　TALENTED USING HANDS TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK and NOT UNIFIED INTERNALLY, BROKEN INTO LARGE CHUNKS OR PORTIONS BUT NOT FULLY SEPARATED
　

丅

カ,ゲ,した,しも,もと,さ,くだ,お down, rod down

　DOWN
　

耳

ジ,みみ hearing, listening, adjust balance and positioning, adjust internal pressure, ear; soldier, clan flag, that is all, end of message

　ARRAY of VERTICAL MOTION with ADJUST POSITION AND BALANCE in ANY DIRECTION, DISCONNECTED BONE FRAGMENTS, INTERNAL DIVISIONS
　

扌

シュ,× talented, using both of one's hands to accomplish a task

　TALENT
…or: USING BOTH HANDS
…or: ARRAY of STREAMS with SLIDING HEAD IN
　

聶

ショウ,ジョウ,ニョウ,ささや whispering, rustling sounds

　MANY SOLDIERS
…or: MANY FLAGS
…or: MANY EARS
…or: MANY ADJUSTMENTS OF BALANCE AND POSITIONING
　

Meanings of elements

TALENTED HAND USE with RUSTLING, WHISPERING

「Talented hand use」by many「soldiers」or to「adjust positioning」as a VICARIOUS SURROGATE instead of the real thing, that is, using one's hands to relieve excess pressure of fluids contained within one's prostate gland by a seminal expression, or to ACT FOR ANOTHER, ASSIST, LEND A HAND to a buddy for the same reason, acting as a PROXY.「Talented hand use」with「whispering sounds, fluttering, rustling」meaning PROXY, TO ACT FOR ANOTHER, ADMINISTER TO ANOTHER PERSON and TO ASSIST, ACTING AS A SURROGATE also relates to circle jerking, often compared by military actions by the sages in glyphs…see 欇, 爽, and 交 for details.
「Ear」resembles the shape of a vertical flag attached to a pole used in China and Japan to identify soldiers as belonging to one side or the other of a battle, and「many flags, ears」with「use both hands」perhaps could mean to TAKE IN, ASSIMILATE and use as SURROGATES, PROXIES those soldiers who suddenly switched sides during a battle, a rather common occurrence it seems throughout history.「Whispering」gossip and rumors of the enemy's strength spreading through the troops from man-with-flag to man-with-flag (or, from ear to ear) may well have been the reason for the defections or desertions.「Many flags, ears」may be a battalion of foot soldiers, with rumors circulating among the「soldiers with flags」from ear to ear. Clearly, rumors would spread much faster among foot soldiers facing death while huddled among the trees awaiting an order to charge up a heavily fortified steep hill much more quickly (in seconds) than scattered serfs hoeing gardens among the hills and valleys sparsely populated (may take years).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to act for; to take a photo; photo shoot; photo; to conserve (one's health)
Japanese EDRDG: surrogate, act in addition to
Unihan extended: take in, absorb; act as deputy; administer, assist

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? (More...) 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.