苐 ordinal number, sequence number, grade, degree; fixed in the proper order (of things, events, people, classes) 芎,丨,一,弟,艹,弔,ノ,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

テイ　･　ダイ　･　イ
TE　I　･　DA　I　･　I

Kun-yomi

つばな
tsu　ba　na

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

芎

キュウ,ク,× aromatic, stink, stench, bad odor, malodorous herb, Umbelliferae, Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort, Apiaceae

　EMERGING SHAFTS, STALKS, STEMS with the ARCH OF A NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
　

丨

コン,シ,ジョ,ニョ,すす,しりぞ vertical, reciprocating motion vertically, rod stalk or stem while vertical

　TOP TO BOTTOM, BOTTOM TO TOP, UP-DOWN
　

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
　

弟

テイ,ダイ,デ,おとうと in a subordinate position, servicing or serving one's seniors, younger brother, a junior male, student, disciple

　HEAD SLIDING in ARCH(ES) and with CROTCH OF SLAVE GIRL
…or: EMIT SPURTS UP and MOURN CONDOLENCES EXPRESS SYMPATHY with HEAD SLIDING
…or: HEAD IN AND UP beside ROD IN MOTION inside ARCH with EMISSIONS from rod
　

艹

カン,あげまき,あらがね,くさかんむり fucking, emerging shafts, stalks, stems, shoots

　PLANTS, VEGETATION, FLOWERS, EMERGING SHAFTS, BUDDY SYSTEM
…or: ERECTION and ROD within CAVITIES
…or: EMERGE with STALKS, STEMS
…or: TWENTY, MULTIPLE SCREWINGS, PENETRATING SHAFTS, ARRAY OF RODS
…or: HAIR-RAISING PREPUBESCENT YOUNG VIRGIN DIVA
…or: DIVINE, CRESTING HEAD CONDITIONS WHEN ONE'S ROD IS RAISED
…or: DEEP SHAFT
…or: multiple FILLED COMPLETELY PERFECTLY FULL SCREWINGS, ROTATIONS, TWISTINGS, TURNINGS, NEEDLES, TENS
　

弔

チョウ,とむら,とぶら funereal mourning, deceased person, condolence, express sympathy

　BOWING UP AND DOWN WITH VERTICAL MOTIONS
…or: TOP TO BOTTOM IN HIGH TENSION FOR A LONG TIME AND GASPING
…or: ROD IN RECIPROCAL MOTION within ARCHED NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
　

ノ

× HTML entity: ノ head, sliding down, declining, dammed flow

　HEAD SLIDING DOWN
　

Meanings of elements

STINKY HERBS on ROD HEAD SLIDING DOWN
…or: ROD, ARRAY of JUNIOR MALES, STUDENT DISCIPLES, YOUNGER BROTHERS
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS with HEAD DAMMED and MOURNING, CONDOLENCE, EXPRESS SYMPATHY

「Emerging shafts」with「mourning」「the head」to indicate a SEQUENCE or DEGREE of progression suggests a tertiary case of the pox, as might an「array of students, younger brothers」(a「student」is someone eager to study, and「study」is the aggressive use of one's stud「to push, stick in, knock on, to beat」).「Malodorous, stench」with a poultice of「stinky herbs」「vertical」with「the head」indicates a SEQUENCE or DEGREE of progression of that same disease.「Emerging shafts」「condolences」with「head dammed」to indicate a SEQUENCE and the DEGREE of progression in a FIXED ORDER. First, remove the foot-binding cloths (𥫤) and hang them on a nearby rack. Second,「erection or head of stiff rod in vertical reciprocal motions」and a「set of readied no-longer-integrated feet.」Third,「head becomes dammed」with scar tissue and plaque after the onset of disease, and mourning begins knowing a painful death is certain. Note a very similar glyph that does not merge the「erection」and「rod in motion」elements (笰) refers to a tool used to clean out the stinky slits in the feet after the client has done his business (the third step for her, not the client), by scraping out the schmutz but in no way providing any antibacterial cleansing or protection, hence the transfer of pathogens from one client to the next would have been likely as the fourth step in the sequence. As long as the service provider had no open wounds on her feet, and was careful with the cleaning tool, she may not have been infected at that time.
Nevertheless,「multiple emerging shafts」with「the head in vertical motion」with「set of readied no-longer-integrated feet」also suggests that there is an ORDER, or a SEQUENCE to follow in being granted access, perhaps based upon seniority or some other arbitrary DEGREE of some trait, with some group of disciples or family members and younger brothers (弟)「in a subordinate position」to others, being forced to wait their turn in order to access the service provider in PROPER SEQUENCE (doesn't seem to have much to do with plants, other than when used as a poultice).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Japanese EDRDG: sequence, number, grade, degree
Unihan extended: sequence, number; grade, degree

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.