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SE I ・ SHO U
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[ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/star 2013-01-30, emphasis ours ]
While it might be convenient to recall the top element as「sun, day」note that stars are not visible during the day (other than our Sun), nor are any stars alive, nor can it be said that the「raw sun produces」only a 'small amount' of light or heat energy as measured from the Earth…on the contrary, from the vantage point of Earth a few thousand years ago, there was no greater source of energy, anywhere. Use of this glyph as an element strongly suggests「tonguing mouth」with「raw, alive, producing」on「head of prick」(see 猩 and 腥 for examples), a smaller BODY THAT REVOLVES AROUND or SCREWS A MUCH LARGER MASS (and not vice-versa) such as a bevy of very young and small concubines with a lardass lord. Within solar systems, the planets normally revolve as satellites around central star(s), but this glyph is defined by external sources as referring to many smaller flashing heavenly bodies flitting around a large central mass.
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: star; satellite; small amount
Japanese: Chinese "star" constellation, Singapore, any light-emitting heavenly body, suspect, stars, the stars and planets, celestial bodies, starry sky
Unihan extended: a star, planet; any point of light
EDRDG: star; spot; dot; mark
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: 358 entries
Chinese usage: 412 entries
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 10 entries
Related glyphs [ Toggle font ]
Similar glyphs with related meanings: 9 entries
- Glyph.02491
- Strokes: 09
- jlpt-N3 grade_02
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