依 to comply with, relying upon, depend on, consequently 亻,衣,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

イ　･　エ
I　･　E

Kun-yomi

よ(る
yo　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

亻

× person (male generally), rod head, head on rod

　THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON and VERTICAL, RECIPROCATING MOTION, ONE'S ROD, STALK OR STEM
　

衣

イ,エ,ころも,きぬ,～ぎ cloth foot bindings, cloths, clothing, to dress, a dressing, wrapped covering

　COVERING PALM GRIP, CONTROL PALMING of PERSON with RAISED FOOT of SITTING PERSON
…or: CONTROL of DELUSION, CHARM
…or: emphasis on ROD TRANSFORMATION with HEAD UP AND IN
　

Meanings of elements

PERSON and CLOTHS
…or: PERSON with CLOTHING
…or: ROD HEAD CLOTHS

「Person with cloths」was initially someone who RELIED and DEPENDED upon foot binding cloths in order to walk, in some manner, as a CONSEQUENCE of foot binding with cloths after COMPLYING WITH those more powerful, CONSEQUENTLY remaining so until death.
Recall that at one time in history clothing was a new idea…folks formerly has only one set of animal hides, and over time after repeatedly becoming wet and drying, and normal wear without washing in detergents, one's clothing DEPENDED UPON, COMPLIED WITH, and fit ACCORDING TO the shape of the person's body who wore it constantly. The shape of a「person's clothes」was a CONSEQUENCE of that person wearing them. Note that the same thing will occur today if clothing is not washed occasionally, as any male college freshman can attest to with regard to a roommate's undershorts. Elements of「person with clothes」perhaps now depicts how people DEPEND and RELY upon clothing in a huge number of ways. Clothing makes it easier to venture outside of your cave or roofed pit hole in the winter, in the sunshine, in the rain, at night if the mosquitoes are biting, to cover your gut after ingesting too much fried heron, spicy barbequed scorpion tails, puppy nuggets and wine, and so on. CONSEQUENTLY may perhaps be the origin of the old saying「the clothes make the man」and certainly wearing or not wearing certain clothing does bring consequences…ever dreamed of going out in public naked? been caught with your pants down?

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
Japanese EDRDG: reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to
Unihan extended: rely on, be set in; consent, obey a wish

Used within names (nanori)
よ　･　より

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.