俤 a face, visage, trace, shadow, memory, vestigial 亻,弟,

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Kun-yomi

おもかげ
o　mo　ka　ge

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亻

× person (male generally), rod head, head on rod

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

弟

テイ,ダイ,デ,おとうと in a subordinate position, servicing or serving one's seniors, younger brother, a junior male, student, disciple

　HEAD SLIDING in ARCH(ES) and with CROTCH OF SLAVE GIRL
…or: EMIT SPURTS UP and MOURN CONDOLENCES EXPRESS SYMPATHY with HEAD SLIDING
…or: HEAD IN AND UP beside ROD IN MOTION inside ARCH with EMISSIONS from rod
　

Meanings of elements

ROD HEAD and IN A SUBORDINATE POSITION SERVICING OR SERVING ONE'S SENIORS
…or: PERSON and SERVICING OR SERVING ONE'S SENIORS, A JUNIOR MALE, STUDENT, DISCIPLE, YOUNGER BROTHER

[Japanese glyph, perhaps not using original Chinese meanings]「person and subordinate position」will be in the SHADOW cast by those above. Clearly, anyone dead is a「person in a subordinate position」since even 'a live dog is better than a dead lion.' A VESTIGE is a「visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more」 [ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/vestige ] such as might be the MEMORY in the mind of a「person in the grave」(the most subordinate of all positions, it could be argued) when recalling a dead friend or family member. A「person in a subordinate position」who at one time was not so subordinate may be on his/her way out of an organization, i.e., a vestige of who or what was before, such as a「rod head」while「in a subordinate position」FACING it suggests a MEMORY that may not be forgettable.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Unihan extended: Japanese same as 面影 visage, face; trace, shadow; memory

Used within names (nanori)
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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.