A scorpion BURROW, or, SCREWING, a goddess with an orifice similar to that of a live snail in its shell (see 媧, 'female pubic bone structure'): desert scorpions and many other burrowing species of scorpions excavate long, spiralling tunnels in soil as a burrow, (as early humans also did in Asia, building homes by burrowing in dirt, dwelling in pit holes when caves became scarce or too crowded) hence this glyph contains a「scorpion's tail」as it scurries down the spiralling hole or is resting at the bottom.
　The physical reference to spiralling down into a slippery soil hole uncontrollably, a veritable「screw hole」for screwing, with a venomous creature living inside also is used to refer to both a vagina and/or the anus of most any animal, STICKY, WIDE OPEN, and GREATLY DESIRING, ANXIOUSLY HOPING FOR, A LONGING or A YEN.
　A VORTEX is whirling mass of fluid (liquid or gas) in screwing motion that sucks everything near it toward its center from which escape is difficult if not impossible. Strokes also resemble a bent penis, snake-like, merged beside two buttocks cheeks with the central crack or rut. SPIRAL, VAGINA, SCREWED and the glyph meaning「the spot in the middle」is derived from a vulva and the associated orifice. Note that parasitic trematodes, ducks, pigs and boars all have corkscrew-shaped penises and vaginas, bulls have a twisted penis, and human babies also normally perform a corkscrew twist in the process of exiting the vagina during the birth process. No need to mention that the human female normally has two orifices side-by-side as the objects TO BE GREATLY DESIRED, YEN FOR.
　「Snake rod」suggests the penis(es) of a snake, i.e., two penises. Snakes are one of the few animals endowed with two such appendages, and two penises without other references are highly suggestive of homosexual males employing buttocks orifice(s) as is made apparent by these strokes, BURROWING IN SOIL, snaking by two orifices, and so on.
　「Animal sexual behaviour takes many different forms, even within the same species. Researchers have observed monogamy, promiscuity, sex between species, sexual arousal from objects or places, sex apparently via duress or coercion, copulation with dead animals [necrophilia], homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual sexual behaviour, and situational sexual behaviour and a range of other practices among animals other than humans. Related studies have noted diversity in sexed bodies and gendered behaviour, such as intersex and transgender animals. The study of animal sexuality (and primate sexuality especially) is a rapidly developing field. It used to be believed that only humans and a handful of species performed sexual acts other than for procreation, and that animals' sexuality was instinctive and a simple response to the 'right' stimulation (sight, scent). Current understanding is that many species that were formerly believed monogamous have now been proven to be promiscuous or opportunistic in nature. A wide range of species appear both to masturbate and to use objects as tools to help them do so. In many species animals try to give and get sexual stimulation with others where procreation is not the aim. And homosexual behaviour has now been observed among 1,500 species and in 500 of those it is well documented.」
　　[　https://www.monkeyland.co.za/index.php?comp=article&op=view&id=588 2017-07-08　]　
　Without a doubt, the Irish also have knowledge of their own to pass along in these trying times:「Masturbation will not spread coronavirus, especially if you wash your hands (and any sex toys) with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before and after.」Nonetheless and regrettably, unlike in dynastic China, it must be undertaken alone to truly be a preventative countermeasure but still achieve the desired result with some degree of safety.
　 　[　https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/sexual-health/sex-and-coronavirus/ 2020-03-31　]　
　Interestingly, Japanese external sources, struggling to identify a meaning, attempt to describe this glyph simply as a 'huge comma design,' perhaps hoping that no one will notice the fact that punctuation mark commas curve in the opposite direction as does the tail of this glyph…
　The Dutch, too have the same solution—it seems masturbation has become mainstream in the media the world over due to the coronavirus (it has always been 'the main stream' in reality, albeit covertly for most folks):
　「'Don't have sex with your partner if they have been isolated because of (suspected) coronavirus infection,' the RVIM says. 'Sex with yourself or with others at a distance is possible (think of telling erotic stories, masturbating together).'」
　　[　https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/dutch-official-advice-to-single-people-find-a-sex-buddy-for-lockdown-coronavirus 2020-05-16　]　
　Needless to point out perhaps, but Chinese shamans from antiquity hit upon the same solution as a pandemic preventative countermeasure, honed for ultimate client satisfaction by utilizing naked females with no-longer-integrated feet as masturbatory sex buddies available for short-term rental with erotic visualization of live prepubescent female genitalia engaging in autoerotic stimulation herself, as a solution to the same problem facing us now, but in pre-Internet days.
　「Evolutionary biologists have traced the origins of masturbation to ancient primates that predate the first humans by tens of millions of years. The findings emerged from what scientists believe is the largest dataset ever compiled on the activity, and confirm that humans arose on a branch of the tree of life replete with self-pleasuring predecessors. 'What we can say is this behaviour was present around 40m (40,000,000) years ago, in the common ancestor of all monkeys and apes,' said Dr Matilda Brindle, the lead researcher on the study at University College London. 'It's not that some species woke up one day and started doing it. This is an ancient, evolved trait.' '…This is such a common behaviour across the animal kingdom, I find it absolutely baffling that nobody has researched it before,' said Brindle. 'For people who think masturbation is wrong, or unnatural in some way, this is perfectly natural behaviour. It's part of our healthy repertoire of sexual behaviours.'」
　　[　https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/07/origins-masturbation-traced-back-primates-40m-years-ago　]　

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 long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; something that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail; Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan); abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing; abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian; abbr. for Pakistan
Japanese: huge comma design
Unihan extended: greatly desire, anxiously hope
EDRDG: comma-design

Used within names (nanori)
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