Traditional elements appear as「head control, emphasis on rod」「one-on-one with orifice(s), mouth(s)」to represent INTERCOURSE of some variety when two people are SPEAKING. Note that in some fonts, the top elements are written as「two」but the central elements are not (the glyph meaning「two」uses one shorter horizontal line above a longer line),「line after line with mouths under control」while SPEAKING. Correct manners dictate only one at a time should speak, not talking while someone else is also speaking.
　Engaging in some sort of sexual activity, SEXUAL FOREPLAY, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE with an orifice…but correct manners dictate engaging only one at a time and not schtupping (ejaculation into a birth canal or other attainable orifice) where someone else is, nor moving back and forth between orifices—just do one at a time to prevent the spread of infection.
　「Palming control covering」of one's「mouth orifice」when「one-on-one」(i.e., with another person or in public) is perhaps the source of the Japanese practice of placing a hand over the mouth when smiling, laughing, eating, belching, passing flatulence or when otherwise supposed to be embarrassed as an idiosyncratic response that is particularly noticeable of women.
　Old glyph with same meanings:「tongue in mouth, a tonguing mouth」(曰). See (句)「words, phrases」that also means「seduction, wrapped within an orifice.」
　FOREPLAY INTERCOURSE as「covering head, palming in horizontal motions with array of orifices, or those two singular orifices.」A tonguing mouth (曰) as oral sexual intercourse is often the prelude to coital intercourse in the modern world, too.
　In English as well, INTERCOURSE without a modifier can refer either to speech or to sex, depending upon the context, and saying the right words is generally the most successful and effective aphrodisiac.
　Some sources explain that old forms use「array」or a marker stroke over an old 'forked tongue' version of「tonguing, tongue motions」meaning「a wide array of tonguing motions」to produce SPEECH, or ORAL PLEASURE of course.
　be sure to see all the many glyphs that refer to INTERCOURSE as both a verbal action and a sexual action of some sort.

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: words; speech; to say; to talk; speech or "words" radical in Chinese characters; see also 言字旁
Japanese: word, remark, statement, to say, to name, to call, to go, to make a noise, message, to make an excuse, to make a pretext of
Unihan extended: words, speech; speak, say
EDRDG: say

Used within names (nanori)
とき