琳 gems 一,杜,木,王,林,

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リン
RI　N

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一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

杜

ト,トウ,ズ,もり,ふさ,やまなし forest; shrine grove; restricted use, stop, prevent; birch-leaf pear tree

　TREE and GROUND, SOIL
…or: WOODY with NIGHT SOIL
　

木

ボク,モク,き,こ～ wood, woody stalk, stem, wooden, a woody, tree, implanted, simple, simpleton, coffin, encased death, unfeeling, numb

　TWISTING a TAUT HEAD
…or: SCREWING EMISSIONS
…or: HAND on TAUT ROD
　

王

オウ,～ノウ,× king, the crown, rulership

　WIDE ARRAY of LAND
…or: WIDE ARRAY of DIRT, NIGHT SOIL
…or: WIDE ARRAY of FLESH SEAMS
　

林

リン,はやし tree grove, a cluster or grouping of similar trees of the same species; a member's circle of a specific group of people, a collection of similar things as a cluster of people

　TREE GROVE, WOODIES
　

Meanings of elements

ARRAY OF ROD STALKS with SHRINE GROVE RESTRICTED USE, STOP, PREVENTION with WOODY
…or: KING, RULERSHIP with CLUSTER OF SAME SPECIES, MEMBER'S CIRCLE, SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, COLLECTION OF SIMILAR THINGS

Apparently, as some say, depicting the part of a Chinese「crown」that is similar to a「grove of trees」and that is the dangling jewels and gemstones hanging in strings and lines in the front and back, and therefore this glyph refers to the sound made as these long strings of gems tinkled as they touched. Note that tree groves, such as of fruit trees, were often cultivated in rows (and still are) for easier management and picking. Imagine the「tree」elements with branches hanging and full of ripe apples or other fruit, depicting the lines of hanging jewels swaying to the sides as well.
Other explanations: king holding two pieces of woody-shaped jade that might come into close contact nearing juxtaposed orifices (not an element in this glyph) and cause a tinkling sound. Nonetheless, perhaps「governing rulership and restricted use within a religious shrine circle or cluster of woodies for prevention」to describe a closed society of woodies known to be infection-free, at least momentarily, who engage exclusively with one another as a prophylactic to mitigate the risk of infection. Obviously, trusting in the fidelity of all the members is vital, and one wrong entry will likely cause the infection to spread like a burning wildfire within such a cluster…but in the meantime, each member may be likened to a good, clean GEM.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: gem
Japanese EDRDG: jewel, tinkling of jewelry
Unihan extended: beautiful jade, gem

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.