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Elements together as「hemp ogre」using modern English terminology practically creates an oxymoron. Formerly, daemons were considered to be「…relating to superhuman beings who are not gods,…benevolent beings that have no circle of worshippers or so limited a circle as to be below the rank of gods, and [as] malevolent beings of all kinds. The original sense of 'demon,' from the time of Homer onward, was a benevolent being, but in English the name now holds connotations of malevolence.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonology 2012-07-13 ]
Scholars explain that the element hemp was apparently used for its pronunciation and not its innate meaning (presumably, the Sanskrit ma sound) as cannabis was well-known for its calming, medicinal effects, and not for causing leering, popeyed reefer madness as some governments and large pharmaceutical manufacturers today would like us to believe. However, the original meaning of daemon as a calm, helpful and benevolent animistic spirit may have been exactly what the sages intended, a「calmed supernatural being.」Also in Japan, oni as somewhat mischievous daemons but not always 'bad' and are not portrayed as is the Christian concept of anything satanic…instead they are mostly irritating, as might also be a habitually lethargic person, stoned with incurable munchies and perpetually horny.
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: devil; magic
Japanese: demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence, someone who performs some act, charm against evil spirits, talisman, amulet
Unihan extended: demon, evil spirits; magic power
EDRDG: witch; demon; evil spirit
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: 144 entries
Chinese usage: 77 entries
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