鬣 vibrissae, long and thick hairs, whiskers, bristles; tactile sensing, emotional state, hunting, a mane 鬛,巛,髟,巤,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

リョウ
RYO　U

Kun-yomi

たてがみ
ta　te　ga　mi

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鬛

リョウ,たてがみ becoming an adolescent, coming of age; hunting, tactile sensing, emotional state, a mane, vibrissae, long and thick hairs, whiskers, bristles

　BUSHY BUSH HAIR, SHAG, TOO SHAGGY, HAIR THAT IS TOO LONG, HAIRS ON SOME SORT OF STIFF OR STRONG NECK with VIBRISSAE, LONG AND THICK HAIRS SURROUNDING A HEAD, WHISKERS, BRISTLES, TACTILE SENSING, EMOTIONAL STATE, HUNTING
　

巛

セン,かわ extremely loose amorphous shape, potentially odoriferous

　LOOSENED, STUFF BEING FLUNG
　

髟

ヒュウ,ヒョウ,× bushy bush hair, shag, too shaggy, shagging, hair that is too long; hairs on some sort of stiff strong neck (such as a mane)

　LONG TIME, PERHAPS TOO LONG with SHORT HAIRS, PELT, FUR, PAY ATTENTION TO, GREAT CARE NEEDED, DELICATE ZONE, MANY STROKES
…or: LONG SHORT HAIRS
…or: CONTAINED HORIZONTAL SHUTTLING MOTIONS with LOOSE AND DRIPPING, STINKY with FUR PELT
　

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

BECOMING AN ADOLESCENT, COMING OF AGE, HUNTING, TACTILE SENSING, EMOTIONAL STATE, A MANE, VIBRISSAE, LONG AND THICK HAIRS, WHISKERS, BRISTLES with UNBOUND, LOOSE, ROOM TO MOVE FREELY, NOT TIGHTLY BOUND, MISSHAPEN
…or: BUSHY HAIR, SHAG, HAIR THAT IS TOO LONG, HAIRS ON SOME SORT OF STIFF OR STRONG NECK with VIBRISSAE, LONG AND THICK HAIRS SURROUNDING A HEAD, WHISKERS, BRISTLES, TACTILE SENSING, EMOTIONAL STATE, HUNTING

Many「long and loose encircled head jaw hair (inner portion)」describe VIBRISSAE, or the WHISKERS of a mammal that encircle the entire head of the animal, on mice and rats from above its eyes to under its chin. These BRISTLY hairs are uses for TACTILE SENSING anything near the animal's face, such as while HUNTING live prey in close proximity in complete darkness. Whisker positioning and movements INDICATE THE EMOTIONAL STATE of many animals:「Vibrissae (singular: vibrissa), or whiskers, are a type of mammalian hair that are typically characterised, anatomically, by their large size and large and well-innervated hair follicle. Functionally, they are generally understood to be specialised for tactile sensing…. Whiskers can be very long in some species. The length of a chinchilla's whiskers can be more than a third of its body length…. Even in species with shorter whiskers, they can be very prominent appendages…. Thus, whilst whiskers certainly could be described as 'proximal sensors' in contrast to, say, eyes, they offer a tactile sense with a sensing range that is functionally very significant. …[E]xperiments have shown that whiskers are required for, or contribute to: object localization, orienting of the snout, detection of movement, texture discrimination, shape discrimination, exploration, thigmotaxis, locomotion, maintenance of equilibrium, maze learning, swimming, locating food pellets, locating food animals, and fighting, as well as nipple attachment and huddling in rat pups」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskers 2013-09-09 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: bristles; mane
Japanese EDRDG: mane
Unihan extended: horse's mane; fin; human whiskers

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.