聞 hear, learn, convey, to smell, to sniff at, to sample a fragrance; reputation, fame, renown, to sing for, curiosity, inquisitive, news, ask, listen 鬦,丅,丁,門,耳,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ブン　･　モン
BU　N　･　MO　N

Kun-yomi

き(く　･　き(こえる
ki　ku　･　ki　ko　e　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

鬦

トウ,たたか,あらそ struggle, fight, contend, vie, compete

　CLASHING, COMING TOGETHER with NOT UNIFIED INTERNALLY, IN NEED OF BALANCING, INHARMONIOUS POSITIONS, TO FIGHT, STRUGGLE WITH ADVERSARIES, BONE MASHING, DISCONNECTED BONE FRAGMENTS, DRIPPING and REPEATEDLY with VERTICAL MOTION, ROD
　

丅

カ,ゲ,した,しも,もと,さ,くだ,お down, rod down

　DOWN
　

丁

チョウ,テイ,チン,トウ,ひのと male adult, blasting discharge from a barrel, robust, vigorous, flaming, butyl, cubed, raised to the third power, the ding in one's dong

　STREAMING from ROD
…or: ARRAY of UNPLEASANT BARBS
　

門

モン,かど,と the way further inside, entrance, gateway; teachings of a master, school of thought, methodology, section, division, clan; classifier for large blasts

　RECIPROCATING RODS in TONGUING MOUTHS with FLUID STREAMING
…or: TWO MEATS and PRETENDING with ROD STREAMING
…or: ROD STREAMING with many JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES
　

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
　

Meanings of elements

EARS within GATEWAY
…or: ROD DOWN and INTERNALLY DIVIDED, BATTLE in GATEWAY
…or: BANNER AD within GATEWAY

「Ears within gateway」describes what can be LEARNED, CONVEYED, SMELLED, SNIFFED, RUMORS (both literally and figuratively) while within the「gateways」to the pleasure quarters, within the government-operated schlong inspection stations, the place to learn NEWS and GOSSIP about anyone's REPUTATION in town, CURIOSITY and INQUISITIVENESS.
「Rod down and battling, internally divided within gateway」to the pleasure quarters describes a simple test for infectious gonorrhea: stuffing one's hand into a loincloth and grasping the meatus, then SNIFFING, SMELLING one's fingertips, a test employed by feudal officials charged with policing clients prior to admission…gonorrhea causes an unmistakable, telltale odor that is easily detectable.
Inner element, often understood to mean only「ear」but ears「adjust internal pressure, rebalance」resembles the shape of a vertical banner attached to a pole used in China and Japan to identify soldiers as belonging to one side or the other of a battle. These same flags are used still today as attention getting devices in Asia for advertising specials, a vertical「banner ad.」Placing such a banner ad with a FAMOUS, WELL-RENOWNED loud singing girl attracted the attention of others not yet admitted access through the gateway.
Perhaps signaling the arrival of a FAMOUS, WELL-RENOWNED individual with exceptional talents, or possibly some great soldier with a REPUTATION particularly on his way home from a battle possessing an odor that was easily detectable. Meanings of SNIFF, SMELL might signal his whereabouts, cause CURIOSITY and INQUISITIVENESS not only for his rumored prowess, but also NEWS of the last battle, prompting someone to ASK, and then to LISTEN and HEAR the reply.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
Japanese EDRDG: hear, ask, listen
Unihan extended: hear; smell; make known; news

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.