例 make an example of; compare with; instance case; customary 㐴,一,歹,刂,亻,列,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

レイ
RE　I

Kun-yomi

たと(える
ta　to　e　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

㐴

× to seize, to pull and hold to oneself; to drag down and up

　SLIDING HEAD of ROD and SKEWED, SLANTING TO ONE SIDE, DIPPED, HEAPING TABLESPOON OF FLUIDS
…or: PERSON with EVENING ACTIVITIES
　

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
　

歹

ガツ,ガチ,タイ,× depraved, vicious, evil, infected, dead meat, flesh and bone being removed from within meat, denuded

　ROD with SKEWED, SLANTING TO ONE SIDE, DIPPED, HEAPING TABLESPOON OF FLUIDS
…or: ARRAYED at SUPPERTIME
…or: ROD with EVENING ACTIVITIES
…or: ROD and HEAD SLIDING within NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT WRAPPER
　

刂

トウ,× blade, sword, sever, cut, ream a hole, a reamer, shear, mow, lines of motion, skinning a head and neck, slicing skin

　VERTICAL MOTION with STREAM
…or: STREAMING ROD in RECIPROCATING MOTIONS
…or: SHAFT with HOOK
　

亻

× person, rod head

　THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON and VERTICAL, RECIPROCATING MOTION, ONE'S ROD, STALK OR STEM
　

列

レツ,× an orderly arrangement, proper sequence, torture technique, row, queue, rank, to form a line

　DEPRAVED SEVERING
…or: ROD HEAD with CUNNING and SLICING, REAMING
…or: FLESH FROM BONE and CUT
…or: ROD with HEAD SLIDING, SKEWED TO ONE SIDE within NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT WRAPPER in VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOTION and STREAMING
　

Meanings of elements

PERSON'S ROD HEAD DAMMED, SKEWED, DIPPED IN HEAPING TABLESPOON OF FLUIDS with REAMING
…or: SEIZE, PULL AND HOLD TO ONESELF, DRAG DOWN AND UP with RECIPROCATING LATERAL ROD MOTION, INDICATES EXTENT with REAMER, LINES OF MOTION, SKINNING A HEAD AND NECK, SLICING SKIN
…or: PERSON, ROD HEAD with ROW, QUEUE, RANK, SEQUENCE, TORTURE TECHNIQUE

「People」who are「lined up in the proper order」may be easily COMPARED, as might「rod heads」as well. The concept of COMPARISON led to INSTANCE CASE, CUSTOMARY. The「people」being referred to may well have been slaves being COMPARED at a flesh sale, or, awaiting their turn and being「made an EXAMPLE of」for some reason of enforcing general discipline by means of instilling terror, since the right element refers to「lining up thin slices of meat cut from the organs and limbs of a living human being」in the「proper sequence」that the slices were cut…placing one thin slice between the one cut before and the one cut after enabled a「comparison」of the similarities and differences. Obviously, a public display of this torture technique would be MAKING AN EXAMPLE of the victim.
　「According to apocryphal lore, língchí began when the torturer, wielding an extremely sharp knife, began by putting out the eyes, rendering the condemned incapable of seeing the remainder of the torture and, presumably, adding considerably to the psychological terror of the procedure. Successive rather minor cuts chopped off ears, nose, tongue, fingers, toes and genitals before proceeding to grosser cuts that removed large portions of flesh from more sizable parts, e.g., thighs and shoulders. The entire process was said to last three days, and to total 3,600 cuts. The heavily carved bodies of the deceased were then put on a parade for a show in the public. Some victims were reportedly given doses of opium, but accounts differ as to whether the drug was said to amplify or alleviate suffering.」
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_slicing 2013-08-28　]　

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: example; precedent; rule; case; instance
Japanese: precedent, example, custom, practice, habit, usual, said, aforementioned, instance, case, illustration, usage, simile, metaphor, allegory, fable, parable, the usual, as it always is, that, you-know-, in the usual way, for example, e.g., to compare, to liken, to speak figuratively, to illustrate, to use a simile
Unihan extended: precedent, example; regulation
EDRDG: example; custom; usage; precedent

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.