韔 wrapper or case for bow, long wrapper for arches of skin, foot bindings 韋,長,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

チョウ　･　リョウ
CHO　U　･　RYO　U

Kun-yomi

ゆみぶくろ
yu　mi　bu　ku　ro

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

韋

イ,そむ soft skin, the softest skin, supple and soft leather, loins in spread-eagle pose, an orifice between the two feet

　FOOT on each side of ORIFICE
…or: ORIFICE with IMPEDING MOVEMENT on both sides
　

長

チョウ,なが,おさ senior, chief, head, elder, to grow, length, long; to enhance, to increase, to develop, forever, always, constantly

　ROD with MANY TIMES IN HORIZONTAL MOTION with ARRAY OF ITEMS in COMPARISON, ALMOST THE SAME BUT WITH SOME DIFFERENCES, COMPETITION TO DECIDE THE TOP CHOICE, TIME PERIOD IN PROPORTION
…or: ONCE AND ONCE AGAIN inside DISTORTED FLESH CAVITY of CONCUBINE, RAISED LEG of SITTING PERSON, SERVICE PROVIDER
　

Meanings of elements

SOFT SKIN, LOINS IN SPREAD-EAGLE POSE, AN ORIFICE BETWEEN THE TWO FEET and LONG LENGTH, a LONG TIME

Each side of an archery bow is called a 'limb' in English also, with the tips of these limbs resembling one large toe on each end. When binding a foot in dynastic China, the large toe was not normally bent under the sole as were the other four toes of each foot, so it stuck out pointedly and both resembled each tip of a recurved archery bow, particularly when the legs were widely spread to reveal the inner orifice(s). In the arched bow center (that orifice in the left element) is where the arrow (see 矢) is nocked for discharge.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: bow bag
Japanese EDRDG: wrapper or case for bow
Unihan extended: a wrapper or case for bow

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.