Chinese glyphs often depict a clear analogy of bow and arrow weaponry with a client using the no-longer-integrated foot of a service provider: the inner foot arch and arched shape of the archery bow (弓「end-to-end, side-to-side with no-longer-integrated foot」) in use with an arrow (the penis 矢「head on taut thrusting shaft」) drawing back and forth nocked in a bound string (糸「stringy emissions from rod, loose and dripping with small youth」) for discharges (放「person coercion, side method for prostrated whacking」).
　No matter how the various elemental meanings are combined, they all suggest a human DISCHARGE of some sort.「Method, person, prostrated whacking」to mean RELEASED, SET FREE, LIBERATED, SHOOTING OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS, NEGLECTING duties, likely a reference to an autoerotically stimulated discharge as seen in glyphs within which this glyph is used as an element: a JERK.
　「Person, method」being「coerced, forced, whacked」is perhaps the ancient way of getting BANISHED, FIRED, DISCHARGED by a boss to some distant location anywhere else. Nevertheless, the Chinese euphemism of something「fired」relates to clay and sticky soil slurry with a heated rod inserted and 'getting stiffed.'
　Whacking at a mother scorpion will cause her to FLEE at great speed. To save herself from being struck in a highly dangerous environment, a mother scorpion will first flee and LEAVE (AS IS) the scorplings, being FREE of them permits a hastier retreat, temporarily NEGLECTING her offspring to plan a defense or attack the intruder, only later returning. Note that the scorplings are also being referenced by this glyph as being DISCHARGED, RELEASED, SET FREE, LIBERATED, SHOOTING OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS in crossing motions.
　「Method of bougie reaming head and whacking」and so on can refer to the DISCHARGE RELEASED SHOOTING IN ALL DIRECTIONS during medical treatments for a gonorrhea infection, someone NEGLECTING proper methods, becoming BANISHED.
　It is no coincidence that the English root word「broth」meaning fluids in which meat has been heated, cooked and fired, is used to describe「someone who broths」as a brother and a「house for brothing」as a brothel.

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 release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
Japanese: to let loose, to utter, keep …-ing, have been …-ing, leaving on, leaving still in use, to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to turn loose, to add to water, broth, etc., to fire, to hit, to break wind, to give off, to emit, to get free, to be freed, to be released, to expel, to excrete, to defecate, to give birth, to throw, to toss, to fling, to throw away, to discard, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished, to leave someone alone
Unihan extended: put, release, free, liberate
EDRDG: set free; release; fire; shoot; emit; banish; liberate

Used within names (nanori)
はなれ