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Alternatively, the sages may have used the left element「slope」here for its similarity in appearance to a human backside, and when used「in rotation with plugged orifice」may better explain the meanings of GUSH, BLAST, BURSTING, and BRIEF TIME. Note that the sages often derided the military as a large release of flatulence, a GUST OF WIND「human backside rotated」into farting position.「Human backsides rotated」also may refer to a DEFENSIVE POSITION, BATTLE FORMATION looking somewhat as might a huddle with everyone facing outward instead of inward in a「rotation of backsides」holding shields in front and overhead to protect against a rain of arrows, a position not well suited for aggression, hence was maintained only for a BRIEF TIME during the GUST of falling arrows.
While seated, the most comfortable position that allows the free flow of flatulence, is to「rotate the backside」up on to one buttock or the other for a BRIEF TIME, prior to releasing the GUST of BLASTING fart gasses. This FORMATION, POSITIONING has the added benefit of allowing others nearby to assume a DEFENSIVE FORMATION, as well as mitigating the ensuing brown traces normally deposited in one's loincloth…BATTLE FORMATION may be a bit strong though, since a similar response by those around will likely result in only a small WAVE of discharges from each anus at most. Subsequently, defecation becomes much more likely, so the farting SPATE will likely subside after a SHORT DURATION.
External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
Japanese EDRDG: camp, battle array, ranks, position
Unihan extended: column, row or file of troops
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
Japanese vocabulary: 88 entries
Chinese usage: 47 entries
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Similar glyphs with related meanings: 12 entries
- Glyph.03815
- Strokes: 10
- jlpt-N2 grade_08
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