蛇 viper, asp, serpent 虬,宀,ー,虫,它,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ジャ　･　ダ　･　イ　･　ヤ
JA　･　DA　･　I　･　YA

Kun-yomi

へび
he　bi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

虬

キュウ,ク,キョウ,みずち young dragon with horn, danger, bent and worm-like, penile pathogens, venomous

　WORMY PENIS
…or: SNAKE and PENIS
…or: PENIS with INSECTS
…or: LOOSE DRIPPING STINKY ORIFICE of PENIS
　

宀

ベン,メン,× surround from above, deliberately out-of-reach, at home, roofed area

　SURROUND, COVERED ALL SIDES from above (marker)
　

ー

× HTML entity: ー repeated, bobbing

　REPEATED BOBBING
　

虫

チュウ,キ,むし snake, worm, caterpillar, insect, larva, bugs, pathogens, corkscrew demons, lower life form, to have a lover, person with a particular undesirable characteristic

　ROD in ORIFICE with REPEATEDLY BOBBING HEAD and DRIP
…or: TWO-SIDED LOOSE and DRIPPING
…or: ORIFICE BITING and DRIPPING
…or: MOUTH and TAIL
…or: SHORT LEG in VULVA
…or: WITHIN, AMONG and HEAD UP AND IN with emphasis
　

它

タ,へび another, other, it; dehumanize

　CONCUBINE and UNDER ONE'S ROOF
…DELIBERATELY OUT OF REACH and PERSON WHO MUST REMAIN SITTING MOST OF THE TIME
　

Meanings of elements

YOUNG DRAGON WITH HORN, DANGER, BENT AND WORM-LIKE, VENOM with SURROUND FROM ABOVE, DELIBERATELY OUT-OF-REACH and with REPEATEDLY BOBBING HEAD
…or: SNAKE and ANOTHER, IT, DEHUMANIZED SERVICE PROVIDER AT HOME

「Snake」「surrounding from above, deliberately out-of-reach」with a「fallen person」: anciently it seems that snakes and insects were thought of in the same vein. Right element of a fallen person under a roof of a pit hole home suggests being bitten by a VENOMOUS SNAKE, VIPER, ASP that was in the pit along with you, and seems to refer to「some other」animal in the pit with you that has set you on your buttocks, such as a venomous snake. Note that a scorpion sting will normally not knock you out as does snake venom unless you are especially allergic to it. The venom initially deployed by a scorpion in defense is painful, but not nearly as toxic as its other variety, used to kill bugs (scorpions have two types of venom).
Snakes and other reptiles have「branching, skilled glans」(岐) and concubines in China had two no-longer-integrated feet that were wrapped around a rod and then squeezed in a constricting manner (however, note that constricting snakes are not generally venomous). Comparison of「vulva, rod within orifice, both sides」「loose and dripping, snake, larva, worm, insect」「it, that other thing, out-of-reach sitting person with no-longer-integrated feet」with a VENOMOUS SNAKE, VIPER, ASP as referring to both the client(s) and the service provider is apparent:「A hemipenis (plural hemipenes) is one of a pair of intromittent organs of male squamates (snakes, lizards and worm lizards). Hemipenes are usually held inverted, within the body, and are everted for reproduction via erectile tissue, much like that in the human penis. Only one is used at a time, and evidence indicates males alternate use between copulations as a behavioral means of increasing sperm transfer when the interval between copulations is relatively brief. The hemipenis itself has a variety of shapes, depending on species. Often, the hemipenis bears spines or hooks, in order to anchor the male within the female. Some species even have forked hemipenes (each hemipenis has two tips).」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemipenis 2014-06-23 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: snake; serpent
Japanese EDRDG: snake, serpent, hard drinker
Unihan extended: snake

Used within names (nanori)
あぶ　･　み

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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.