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HO U
sa ma yo u ・ na ra u ・ ku ra be ru
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Or: scorpions are often used to depict human beings as glyph elements, since these two animals (Homo sapiens and the order Scorpiones) resemble each other in remarkable and various ways. A lower class person IMITATING someone of the upper class is not uncommon, still today.
「Person palming erection with no-longer-integrated foot」of a young sex slave and DITHERING (indecisive agitation, indecisively agitating the no-longer-integrated foot in one's hand as depicted by the right element), STANDING STILL AND HESITATING NOT KNOWING HOW TO PROCEED, then to COPY, IMITATE the actions of others nearby, doing what was at first a bit off-putting until it became socially acceptable in China and politically correct, along with tupping sheep…as cultures continue evolving, what was once ubiquitous is now disavowed as ever having occurred, with history purged of its embarrassing blunders and these glyphs obfuscated.
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: seemingly; to imitate; to copy
Unihan extended: imitate, copy; as if
EDRDG: imitate; copy; as if; stand still; wander
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
Chinese usage: 39 entries
Used in glyphs (or, see also): 7 entries
Similar glyphs with related meanings: 22 entries
- Glyph.00779
- Strokes: 06
- elements
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