琤 tinkling sound; the best of the best 一,埩,王,爭,

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MingLiU:

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Gothic:

琤

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ソウ　･　ショウ
SO　U　･　SHO　U

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

埩

ショウ,ソウ,たがや anal intercourse with prior constipation, plowing into hardened clods

　SOIL, STOOL, OPIUM and CONTEND, VIE, DISPUTE, CONFLICT, ARGUE OVER SOMETHING
　

王

オウ,～ノウ,× king, the crown, rulership

　WIDE ARRAY of LAND
…or: WIDE ARRAY of DIRT, NIGHT SOIL
…or: WIDE ARRAY of FLESH SEAMS
　

爭

ソウ,あらそ,いか to strive for, relentlessly pursue a goal, to vie for, battle for victory over [something]; contend, argue, dispute, conflict, debate, lacking evidence or data, resist, deny

　HAND REACHING DOWN with FIRM GRASP and STREAM OF FLUIDS
…or: MEAT or REPEATED STUFF FLYING FROM BOBBING HEAD and GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY, SCRAPING INSIDE with STREAM OF FLUIDS
…or: GRASPING MEAT of DISEASED PENIS, SWINE'S SNOUT, PIG'S HEAD, DOG SNOUT (as euphemisms) and STREAMING
　

Meanings of elements

LATERAL ROD MOTION, INDICATES THE WIDTH OR EXTENT and ANAL INTERCOURSE WITH PRIOR CONSTIPATION, PLOWING INTO HARDENED CLODS
…or: KING, THE CROWN, RULERSHIP and TO STRIVE FOR, RELENTLESSLY PURSUE A GOAL, VIE FOR, BATTLE FOR VICTORY OVER [SOMETHING], CONTEND, ARGUE, DISPUTE, CONFLICT, DEBATE, LACKING EVIDENCE OR DATA, RESIST, DENY

Not likely the sound of jade ornaments worn as decoration and lightly tinkling. More likely the sound of people each holding a jade tool and contending with others to be the one to use it first,「being the jade of jade」or in other words, the best of the best to please the lord, master, owner. Note that the word「jade」in English was derived in the「Late 16th century from French le jade (earlier l'ejade), from Spanish piedra de ijada ‘stone of the flank' (i.e., stone for colic, which it was believed to cure).」
[ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/jade 2019-10-10]…stone of the flank is a gentle way of saying「rocks in one's buttocks」and「colic」refers to a pain spasm within the colon, such as might occur with the elements describing「rod with anal intercourse and prior constipation, plowing into hardened clods」and hence the English「jaded.」…naturally.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: tinkling of gems
Japanese EDRDG: jade of jade being, tinkle
Unihan extended: jade of jade being; tinkle

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.