鼬 weasels (skunk, ermine, mink, stoats, ferrets, etc.); doing the same thing repeatedly 鼠,由,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ユウ　･　ユ
YU　U　･　YU

Kun-yomi

いたち
i　ta　chi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

鼠

ソ,ショ,ねずみ rat, mouse, rodent; high rate of breeding, population increase, children

　TRAPPED, MINCING MEAT with DRIP BY DRIP or ONCE and ONCE AGAIN with multiple GNAWING and with PENIS, TAIL
…or: CAVITY HAVING TWO SETS OF LIPS and TURGID-FLACCID PENIS, DRIP BY DRIP in MULTIPLE RAISED LEGS
　

由

ユ,ユウ,ユイ,よし a cause, causation, the reason for [something], falling drops, extraction; from, follow

　SCREWING in FILLED ORIFICE
…or: PENIS in CAVITY
…or: ROD in PLUGGING MUCK ORIFICE
　

Meanings of elements

CAUSATION of RODENTS
…or: CAVITY HAVING TWO SETS OF LIPS and TURGID-FLACCID PENIS in MULTIPLE RAISED LEGS and EXTRACTION
…or: RAT, RODENT with ROD in MUCK ORIFICE WETLAND, ROD SCREWING IN ORIFICE

All the animals listed by external sources are well known for extreme rates of copulation and propagation: DOING THE SAME THING REPEATEDLY, a characteristic also shared by the dynastic Chinese and perhaps the reason why the glyph 子 refers to both「rodents」and to「human children」as well as「rod coming to the end, a cycle」and so on. The「cavity with two sets of lips and rod screwing in orifice」(the path to pregnancy) was one「reason, causation」for the dynastic Chinese and religious shamans to attempt limiting population growth as well as the spread of sexually transmitted diseases by utilizing「drip by drip cooling process once and once again in raised legs with penis」(no-longer-integrated feet) rather than vaginal coitus in their brothels, houses of prostitution, and caves o' wonder.
「Rodent」with「extract from a filled, plugged orifice」as a family of animals with long and slender bodies that enable them to follow prey into burrows (a「filled orifice」) and「extract」them: WEASELS were thought to cause good or bad luck in various circumstances, but this idea was perhaps a result of these two elements being paired that also means「rodent causation」that started after the glyph was created. DOING THE SAME THING REPEATEDLY may refer to the manner in which it hunts, running down every soil burrow it finds, and sometimes「surplus killing」in order to feast a bit, normally traits not found in most other non-human animals…original right element strokes were「genitals, penis within a cavity」(屆, 届).

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: see 鼬鼠
Japanese EDRDG: weasel, skunk, ermine
Unihan extended: weasel, mustela itatis

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.