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ソウ
SO U
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ねぎ
ne gi

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Meanings of elements
PITH, CORE, INNERMOST PART, SOURCE OF ODOR with CHIMNEY, VENT TO THE OUTSIDE AIR, FUNNEL
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS with HURRIED, HASTY
「Plants, emerging stems」and「hasty, stinky, in need of ventilation」to describe GREEN ONIONS, LEEKS that can be sown or planted very early in spring (「hasty」), and that also grow quite fast, allowing a「hasty」harvest in late spring, hence the English name of 'spring onion.'
 Elements as「plants in haste for diseased spewing penis」suggest the use of onions as a poultice for treating infections, a long-held medical practice. Onions in their own right can be rather stinky, too, at times. Related glyph () in Japan refers to MINCED TUNA, CHOPPED FISH MEAT AND ONIONS as an unambiguous reference to a poultice containing onions and dis-integrating, fishy-smelling meat in chunks (best to think again about ordering that from the menu…).
In its original parlance, describing a thing or situation as "smells fishy" did refer to having probable cause for extreme doubt and suspicion, but most folks do not realize why innocuous fish are so maligned in this manner. A fishy or pungent-smelling discharge from the vagina or penis may signify the presence of an infection, so caution was advised...and still is today.

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: scallion; green onion
Unihan extended: scallions, onions, leeks
EDRDG: scallions; onions; leeks

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? (More...) 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.


Chinese usage: 20 entries


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