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MATING STANCE OF MALE HUMAN FLAUNTING ONE'S BEST POINTS, NARCISSISM IN FULL PLUMAGE DISPLAY and CROTCH, THIS OR THAT, YIELD
Formerly「pair」was depicted as「two courtship displays with crotch」() representing the mating pair bond, hence only one「courtship display with crotch」makes sense as ONE PART OF A PAIR. Also used as a counter for ships, perhaps due to the shape of the「courtship」element above「crotch」resembling a Chinese junk sail with battens, and the cargo hull on the waves, but more likely because a ship constantly is moving up and down upon the waves, and the elements are「person palming prick with crotch」as counter for arrows, counter for vessel sailing in reciprocal wavelike motions, counter for fish and slippery meat, counter for chicks and birds, all Chinese sexual euphemisms.

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: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
Japanese: counter for ships, counter for half of a pair, counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
Unihan extended: single, one of pair, lone
EDRDG: vessels; counter for ships; fish; birds; arrows; one of a pair

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? (More...) 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.



Japanese vocabulary: 17 entries


Chinese usage: 14 entries


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