獵 hunting 犭,巤,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

リョウ　･　レフ
RYO　U　･　RE　FU

Kun-yomi

かり　･　か(る
ka　ri　･　ka　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

犭

× canid (male dog or female bitch), pig, animal, beast

　HEAD REPEATED in NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
　

巤

リョウ,たてがみ,もと vibrissae, long and thick hairs surrounding a head, whiskers, bristles; tactile sensing, emotional state, hunting

　many LOOSE with CAPTURE or with SOFT SPOT, WEAVING BACK AND FORTH with MOUTH ORIFICE, ENCLOSE and CHEW UP, MASTICATE, BITE, SEIZE BETWEEN TEETH, RAISED FEET WHILE SITTING, MATTOCK-SHAPED and with ONCE and ONCE AGAIN or DRIP BY DRIP, FREEZE UP, CEASE MOTION and CURLED, HIDDEN, CONCEALED, TAIL, PENIS
　

Meanings of elements

CANID MALE DOG OR FEMALE BITCH, PIG, ANIMAL, BEAST with VIBRISSAE, LONG AND THICK HAIRS SURROUNDING A HEAD, WHISKERS, BRISTLES, TACTILE SENSING, EMOTIONAL STATE, HUNTING

A「hairy animal」and「whiskers」that is HUNTING, since many mammals use these long facial hairs to locate food when in complete darkness, at night or within a burrow. Human adult males are also「animals with whiskers.」May also refer to humans hunting「hairy animals」since rats were a major source of protein for early humans, and still are eaten today all over the world, in all sorts of cultures as food [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat 2013-09-08 ]
Generally, based upon archeological finds of bones at dwelling sites, early humans sought small animals, rodents such as rats and rabbits, and not generally enormous mammoths as depicted in Hollywood movies, noodle commercials, and myths (and certainly none after the Clovis Culture extinction). Nobody wanted to suffer serious injury and waste time killing something that would soon spoil and was far beyond the capacity of a tribe to consume entirely, let alone carry back to the cave or other members of the tribe—how intelligent must a hominid really be to understand the need to avoid prey capable of stomping the hunters into greasy spots, unless unavoidable? in any case, humans generally hunted any animal with whiskers for food, something nearby and relatively small, not likely often anything larger than a horse.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: hunting
Japanese EDRDG: hunt, field sports
Unihan extended: hunt; field sports

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.