牙 tooth, fangs, tusks, ivory; sharp protrusion レ,于,一,′,才,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ガ　･　ゲ
GA　･　GE

Kun-yomi

きば　･　は
ki　ba　･　ha

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

レ

× HTML entity: レ chew, masticate, bite; raised feet; mattock

　VERTICAL MOTION, ROD with HEAD UP AND IN
　

于

ウ,ク,ここに,ああ,おいて,より,を in (the clouds, heaven, outer space); among (the clouds, the gods and divinity); such as; moment of ejaculation; under the Coolidge Effect of a dopamine high

　ARRAY of RODS, MALES BLASTING DISCHARGES
…or: DOWNWARD THRUSTING with STREAM
　

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
　

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才

サイ,× just now occurred; dammed stream, accumulation; talent, counter for age in years, a capable individual

　ARRAY of HEAD STREAMS
…or: ARRAY of BLOCKED STREAM
　

Meanings of elements

INDICATES EXTENT, AN ARRAY OF ITEMS and ACCUMULATION, COUNTER FOR AGE IN YEARS
…or: HORIZONTAL ROD with BITING and STREAMING HEAD
…or: HORIZONTAL ROD with RAISED LEG and STREAMING HEAD

「Extent of an array」with「counter of age in years」(with emphasis) to indicate many teeth that emerge with age, and then fall out with more age. Needless to point out perhaps, but with increasing age in both sexes, body parts other than teeth begin to protrude with age, too.
Most humans are born toothless, but not all.「Array of squeezing grip with head」also indicates some SHARP TEETH that PROTRUDE from the gingivae (gums) in the oral cavity, the mouth orifice of many animals.
「Array of biting」(レ) as a top and bottom set of teeth, a jaw with the「biting」element positioned horizontally as one FANG protruding as does a wild boar's TUSK, and another「sliding down, head」as does an elephant's IVORY tusk, both at times producing a「stream」of blood, or saliva.
Perhaps elements are「the head」while「in the clouds」but severely interrupted, with emphasis on some SHARP PROTRUSION.
Elements may include a「no-longer-integrated foot」(ㄅ stretched out and flattened for inspection) that may suggest a broken BONE PROTRUSION, a long and sharp bone splinter resulting from a compound fracture occurring during some sort of violent process or activity. This explanation of elements also more appropriately fits some meanings when this glyph is included within other glyphs. Either meaning of a SHARP TOOTH or a SHARP BONE may variously apply.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: tooth; ivory
Japanese EDRDG: tusk, fang
Unihan extended: tooth, molars, teeth; serrated

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.