Means making a COMPARISON while shopping,「rod array or raised rod, divine with head up and in a sitting service provider.」Old form: 夶「one with accessories, compliant followers」: two concubines SITTING SIDE BY SIDE and VERY SIMILAR BUT A BIT DIFFERENT, being COMPARED by others nearby who are out shopping for concubines in a COMPETITION or beauty CONTEST, now COMPARING body parts that require a sitting position: their feet. Comparing the relative sizes of feet meaning RATIO, as the RELATIVE SIZE of bound feet was important for sexual allure.
　A RATIO is the relation in degree or number between two similar things 　[　https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ratio　]　 Ratios are PROPORTIONAL, IN PROPORTION TO, and the glyph also refers to a PERIOD OF TIME used to proportionally bill a client for services rendered. Since an obvious difference would be noticeable from afar, in order to adequately make a comparison of bound feet, a client or potential buyer would necessarily BE NEAR OR PHYSICALLY CLOSE TO both sets, and the two sets would be ALMOST THE SAME BUT WITH SOME DIFFERENCES (as in 仝,「person's flesh seam」). Service providers worked side-by-side and CLOSE TO one another, and at times CLOSELY with each other. Elements also perhaps「raised rod, divine prepubescent female (⺊)」with「head in (㇀)」and「sitting persons.」
　HAND GESTURE, HAND STROKING MOTIONS relates to signalling a client's choice to the proprietor as the purchase, or, the choice for a short-term rental, after making comparisons, and obviously to the client's hand motions whilst engaging the「raised leg of service provider with rod.」
　「Qing Dynasty sex manuals listed 48 different ways of playing with women's bound feet.」
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding 2012-12-17　]　
　As an element, the various sets of legs placed close together and extending from a line of torsos sometimes depict BRANCHING DOWNWARD.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: to associate with; to be near; (particle used for comparison and "-er than"); to compare; to contrast; to gesture (with hands); ratio; Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时
Japanese: time, period, days, kind, sort, type, equal, match, peer, ratio, proportion, explicit comparison, Philippines, contest, competition, to compare, to liken, to make accompany, to use as a pretext, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie
Unihan extended: to compare, liken; comparison; than
EDRDG: compare; race; ratio; Philippines

Used within names (nanori)
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