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Not coincidentally, resembles the torii gates that mark the entrances to Shintō shrines in Japan…torii means 'birds are there' (鳥居) as a translation that some people explain refers to the pigeons roosting atop the gate at times, and that may be so, but 'bird, chick' is also a euphemism from China that refers to sex slaves, or sexual services providers, who initially were available for short-term rentals at such shrines in China, formerly operated by shamans, the first religion of humanity.「Bird」is also a reference to a male cock, two in this glyph, i.e., RAISED IN TWO HANDS of a service provider, or, of two buddies. 'flipping the bird' in English is an unequivocal reference that suggests the self-stimulation of one's penis by grasping it with a hand and manipulating it up and down with a light brisk wrist motion that is「flipping」or changing the position from one of a lowered dangle to one of RAISED and erect, for a while at least.
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: even level, to raise in both hands
Unihan extended: even level, to raise in both hands
EDRDG: put together
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?
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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.
Primal elements
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 39 entries
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