揖 salute, bow; defer to, yield 抖,丅,口,扣,耳,扌,咠,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

イツ　･　ユ　･　シュウ　･　ユウ
I　TSU　･　YU　･　SHU　U　･　YU　U

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

抖

ト,トウ,× tremble, shake, arouse, jiggle, to shake and cause to fling out of; to 'have it made'

　TALENTED USING HANDS TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK and NOT UNIFIED INTERNALLY, BROKEN INTO LARGE CHUNKS OR PORTIONS BUT NOT FULLY SEPARATED
　

丅

カ,ゲ,した,しも,もと,さ,くだ,お down, rod down

　DOWN
　

口

コウ,ク,くち orifice, mouth, cavity or passage of the body; an opening, aperture, vent

　ORIFICE
　

扣

コウ,たた,ひか secure by restraint, to button, fasten, confiscate, to be preparing for, to be waiting for, knock and smash, trumping a pussy, hold in reserve or as a backup system of methods and principles used in a particular discipline, exercising restraint from excessive use

　TALENTED USING BOTH OF ONE'S HANDS TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK with an ORIFICE
　

耳

ジ,みみ hearing, listening, adjust balance and positioning, adjust internal pressure, ear; soldier, clan flag, that is all, end of message

　ARRAY of VERTICAL MOTION with ADJUST POSITION AND BALANCE in ANY DIRECTION, DISCONNECTED BONE FRAGMENTS, INTERNAL DIVISIONS
　

扌

シュ,× talented, using both of one's hands to accomplish a task

　TALENT
…or: USING BOTH HANDS
…or: ARRAY of STREAMS with SLIDING HEAD IN
　

咠

シュウ,ユウ,ささやく,そしる whisper, slander, gossip, to blame

　ORIFICE, MOUTH and EAR LISTENING, SOLDIER DURING BATTLE, ADJUST BALANCE INTERNAL PRESSURE AND POSITIONING
　

Meanings of elements

TREMBLE SHAKE AROUSE JIGGLE, TO SHAKE AND CAUSE TO FLING OUT OF, TO 'HAVE IT MADE' and ROD DOWN with ORIFICE, MOUTH, CAVITY OR PASSAGE OF THE BODY
…or: SECURE BY RESTRAINT, PREPARING, KNOCK, TRUMPING A PUSSY and ADJUST BALANCE AND POSITIONING, ADJUST INTERNAL PRESSURE, HEARING, LISTENING, EAR, SOLDIER, CLAN FLAG
…or: TALENTED USING BOTH OF ONE'S HANDS TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK and WHISPER, SLANDER, GOSSIP, BLAME and
…or: USING HANDS to ADJUST POSITIONING with ORIFICE

A soldier's SALUTE of DEFERENCE to a superior, or to greet another by raising one's clasped hands or folded arms and bowing as a form of ancient salute in China. Perhaps some sort of greeting was also spoken in low tones, but the main idea purportedly was to dispel any「blame」by demonstrating weapons were not concealed in one's hands (not any large weapons, in any case). Suggestive of how foot solder pawns may have felt about royal commanders.「Using hands to adjust positioning of orifice」as in a SALUTE to one's enemies by bending over and mooning with both hands (see the motion picture Braveheart for an example).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to greet by raising clasped hands
Japanese EDRDG: bow with arms folded, come together, assemble
Unihan extended: salute, bow; defer to, yield

Used within names (nanori)
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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? (More...) 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.