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SHO ・ SO ・ SHO U
ka tsu
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In other glyphs,「two meat racks as friends」(朋) was used above「array」suggesting service from first one of the friends, and then the other, likely found via a 'gateway.' Perhaps「orifices in an array」becoming ADDED TO what was formerly present, FURTHERMORE, one FOR THE TIME BEING and ABOUT TO DO the other? PILING ON. No matter how the elements are interpreted, the referent seems to be a bonobo-style activity of some kind. BOTH: possible origin of the English proverb:「two heads are better than one.」
Perhaps with disregard for the elemental meanings comprising this glyph, some have suggested this depicts a cairn, which is a mound of stones used as a marker of sorts (such as a grave, boundary, or location memorial). Cairn stones were/are indeed laid in piles, but seldom if ever added to later. Nor does a stone pile convey any of the other meanings of「both」「only for the time being」「about to do.」…a pile of stones is not easily moved and instead conveys the contrary meaning of permanence—which, after all, is the very purpose of a pile of stones used to mark a place of special remembrance. After completion, stone piles generally remain in one permanent, unmovable location and are most often not temporary or only for the time being as that would defeat the original intent of constructing the cairn…unless the「stones, rocks」being referred to were in truth related to 'the meat pile,' and described all the testicles in scrotums visible from various angles. Nevertheless, the gateway into the shaman's cave o' wonders could have been seen as a mass grave marker or as a boundary into the world of death, and perhaps a cairn was used to let potential clients know what sort of meat pile was being offered inside, besides「piling on meat, stones, rocks, testicles, just plain piles」and FURTHERMORE, the「blow job line-up.」
External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (… and…)
Japanese EDRDG: moreover, also, furthermore
Unihan extended: moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb)
Used within names (nanori)
あき ・ かつ
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: 8 entries
Chinese usage: 37 entries
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 116 entries
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