卬 raise up one's body, sudden raising, leaping up, quick v-sits; raise one's head while hollering and excited; extremely alarmed; soaring through the air; expensive, high-priced; I me my, that's mine ー,レ,匕,卩,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

キョウ　･　ゴウ
KYO　U　･　GO　U

Kun-yomi

のぞ(む　･　な(す　･　たか(ぶる
no　zo　mu　･　na　su　･　ta　ka　bu　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

ー

× HTML entity: ー repeated, bobbing

　REPEATED BOBBING
　

レ

× HTML entity: レ chew, masticate, bite; raised feet; mattock

　VERTICAL MOTION, ROD with HEAD UP AND IN
　

匕

ヒ,さじ must remain sitting most of the time, device for scooping fluids, used for piercing or stabbing into

　REPEATED, BOBBING HEAD with PENIS
…or: PREPUBESCENT GIRL merged with PENIS
…or: ARRAYED for PENIS
　

卩

セツ,わりふ kinked, bent; person bending over, kinky

　VERTICAL MOTION, ROD with NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
…or: TOP TO BOTTOM with TENSION
　

Meanings of elements

CONCUBINE FULLY BENDING OVER
…or: REPEATED LEG-RAISING with PERSON BENDING OVER
…or: REPEATED BITING by PERSON BENDING OVER

Likely a variation of「concubine, fully bending over」noting that the old version included a「tonguing mouth」element (昂) above these two…HIGH-PRICED, EXPENSIVE.
　Some have suggested「repeatedly bobbing head and biting」with「person bowing over」that seems to suggest teething fellatio. Vocabulary usage of this glyph refer to PHYSICALLY RAISING ONE'S HEAD and also SUDDENLY RAISING SOMEONE'S WHOLE BODY INTO THE AIR, being EXTREMELY EXCITED or ALARMED, and likely HOLLERING, but not clearly referring to the associated attitude. In a few contexts, the excitement is boldness and bravery or even joy, but in just as many or more cases, the term expresses rage and being indignant. Presumably the biting is repeated because it is deliberate, so perhaps the brave, bold and happy connotations are those of the biter getting her revenge, and the enraged and alarmed reactions emanate from the person bitten. Chinese adds meanings of EXPENSIVE in reference to damages. SOARING through the air may be the bitten person grabbing and tossing the biting child. RAISING UP one's mind, spirit, attitude, [the biter] or physically raising one's head, arms, or body [both biter and bitee].「Repeated suddenly raising legs」[the bitee], excited hollering [both biter and bitee].
　And on an entirely different note, perhaps depicts a person working and physically RAISING ONE'S BODY by「repeatedly bobbing a mattock」(left element),「bending over」(right element) to till and break up the topsoil by whacking it.

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: I (regional colloquial); me; variant of 昂
Unihan extended: lofty; high; raise; high-priced
EDRDG: lofty; high; raise; high-priced

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.

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