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Lower element of「bundled, bunched, tied, vulva orifice for woody」and「cut, severed」when combined with「loose and dripping hairs」suggest that harem candidates collected for the fief lord were shaven, if pubescent (not likely though), prior to the final inspection. Describes a methodology used by service providers in the caves o' wonder for grooming to reduce the spread of pubic lice, the crabs, by shaving the affected area. Shaven crotches also had a noticeable effect upon increasing revenues too, it was quickly discovered, and helped solve the problems of itchy and scratchy spots with scabbing, and infections such as impetigo and furunculosis:
「Itchy red spots in the pubic hair region may be a sign of a pubic lice infection, also called crabs. Lice droppings can leave a dark-coloured powder on your skin or underwear. Blue spots, caused by lice bites, may appear on your skin. You may notice empty lice eggshells [「nits」as in nit-picking], which look like tiny white oval dots, attached to the base of your hairs.」
[ https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/sexual-and-reproductive/pubic-lice 2023-05-18 ]
Other given meanings relate to「hair」and「reaped, trimmed」to mean a shaved head, bald and scabby. FAVUS is a「chronic skin infection, usually of the scalp, caused by fungi of the genus Trichophyton and characterized by the development of thick, yellow crusts over the hair follicles.」
[ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/FAVUS 2013-10-30 ]
Shaving one's head helped slow down the spread of FAVUS, providing a benefit.
「The uncomplicated appearance is that of a number of yellowish, circular, cup-shaped crusts (scutula) grouped in patches like a piece of honeycomb, each about the size of a split pea, with a hair projecting in the center. These increase in size and become crusted over, so that the characteristic lesion can only be seen round the edge of the scab. A mousy odour is often present. Growth continues to take place for several months, when scab and scutulum come away, leaving a shining bare patch destitute of hair. The disease is essentially chronic, lasting from ten to twenty years. It is caused by the growth of a fungus, and pathologically is the reaction of the tissues to the growth. …Up until the advent of modern therapies, favus was widespread worldwide.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favus 2013-10-30 ]
External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: bald; scabby
Japanese EDRDG: favus, scabies
Unihan extended: favus, scabies
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?
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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.
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