及 and (grammatical conjunction); one being as good as another, in time for, attain equal status as another, exert oneself to achieve acceptance, conjunction of two items 丆,ㄅ,丿,乛,又,乃,乀,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

キュウ
KYU　U

Kun-yomi

およ(ぶ　･　およ(び　･　および　･　およ(ぼす
o　yo　bu　･　o　yo　bi　･　o　yo　bi　･　o　yo　bo　su

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

丆

ㄅ

× tension gasping taut spring-like action, unbound busted foot of dynastic China, painful stress

　ELASTIC POTENTIAL STRAIN ENERGY, FLEXIBLY BENDED AND SPRINGY, FLECTURE TENSION
　

丿

ヘツ,えい,よう straight up erect, quick jerking movement, stretched taut

　ERECT, FLING
　

乛

× rolled; second position, ready and "set" to go

　ROLL, THE SECOND POSITION
　

又

ユウ,また,また～ once again, this or that, yield, both, any method at all, crotch

　GASPING and TAUT
…or: LAME FOOT with the OTHER SIDE, TOO
　

乃

ナイ,ダイ,ノ,アイ,の,すなわ,なんじ a possession, a thing owned, possessive [grammatical case], to be, the way it is after all, thereupon

　ROD with ERECTION and ROLLED in NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
…or: ERECTION with double NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FEET and HIGH TENSION GASPING
…or: ROD HEAD SLIDING within NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FEET
　

乀

フツ,ブチ,ま stretched taut; leashed under control of another; the other side (of something)

　STRETCHED TAUT
　

Meanings of elements

POSSESSION of a CROTCH
…or: POSSESS AGAIN
…or: POSSESS and TAUT, LEASH
…or: ERECTION with NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT and CROTCH
…or: ERECTION ROLLED with YIELDING CROTCH AGAIN

Written two ways depending upon the font:「a possession」that is a「crotch, again, yield」or「possess with taut, leash」(actually, both methods contain the same elements) meaning AND as in adding to one's possessions.「…her, and her, and that one, and…」keeping in mind that what is being possessed are concubines as sexual objects, as personal possessions, or owned as sex slaves. To ATTAIN EQUAL STATUS as the other harem females or full-time service providers. To EXERT ONESELF to prove one's worth and value, achieving the goal. Note that life as a sexual object of the emperor or lord wasn't all work and no play, and at least you received enough food to survive during difficult times without having to hoe potatoes yourself…and with literally thousands of concubines in the harems, work-related duties were not required too often…fact is, there were waiting lines full of eager candidates hoping to join those ranks, and that also may be what this glyph is depicting.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: and; to reach; up to; in time for
Japanese EDRDG: reach out, exert, exercise, cause
Unihan extended: extend; reach; come up to; and

Used within names (nanori)
おい　･　の

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.