郎 son, young man, husband; prostitute; goof-off, hooligan, ne'er-do-well; government minister or official 皀,白,レ,丶,⻏,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ロウ　･　リョウ
RO　U　･　RYO　U

Kun-yomi

おとこ
o　to　ko

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

皀

キュウ,ヒョク,キョウ,コウ,× just once, needed only one time, just one, a single time or item; clear intent, enjoyment, feasting on eating seeds, fragrant odor of fresh ejaculate, feasting

　EMPHASIS on TONGUING MOUTH, SPEAK HAVING A REASON TO DO SOMETHING, PRETENDING, A PRETEXT, EXCUSE GIVEN, HIDE THE TRUE REASON FOR DOING SOMETHING and SEXUAL SERVICES PROVIDER
…or: OPEN-MOUTHED, CONSPICUOUSLY SHOWING WHITES, BLANK EMPTY STARING IN A STUPOR of PERSON SITTING AS DEVICE FOR SCOOPING FLUIDS
…or: OPEN-MOUTHED TONGUING of SITTING PERSON
　

白

ハク,ビャク,しろ,しら～ open-mouthed, conspicuous, white, blank, empty, staring in a stupor, to make clear, inspection

　emphasis marker above TONGUE IN MOUTH
…or: emphasis marker above ROD in MOUTH
　

レ

× HTML entity: レ chew, masticate, bite; raised feet; mattock

　VERTICAL MOTION, ROD with HEAD UP AND IN
　

丶

チュ,× emphasized part of a glyph

　[emphasis is HERE in a glyph]
　

⻏

× HTML entity: ⻏ a place where one dwells or lingers, village, front view of naked genitalia

　element to replace 邑 as an ORIFICE with SEX
…or: COLORFUL ORIFICE
　

Meanings of elements

UNDISTRACTED in VILLAGE
…or: OPEN-MOUTHED and CONSPICUOUS WHITE DRIPPING beside TWISTING BURROW HOLE FOR SCORPION ENTRY
…or: JUST ONE VAGINA

「Just once」in「village」referencing someone everyone is aware of since in the countryside, everybody knows everyone and everything:「just once」with「female frontal nudity.」
「Vapid and open-mouthed, conspicuous white loose and dripping bent stinky short leg (or sitting person) with burrow used for scorpion-like appendage entry」as a GOOF-OFF or HOOLIGAN, NE'ER-DO-WELL, one's HUSBAND, or a woman's LOVING SON.
「Open-mouthed tonguing sitting with vagina, inner pathway for traffic, burrow-like vortex orifice for inserting appendages spewing venom」as a PROSTITUTE. A「vapid conspicuous person sitting in village」was the reference for GOVERNMENT MINISTER or OFFICIAL, or one's HUSBAND or SON waiting for his meat to be eaten, or his stomach to be fed. …perhaps left element may well be「eat me open-mouthed tonguing while sitting」in front of「female genitalia」suggesting a woman's LOVING SON (incest was celebrated: nobody minded), a NEWLY-WEDDED MAN who still does that, or one's LONG-FAITHFUL HUSBAND who still does that. …so, all these eclectic meanings do come together nicely, after all.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: (arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
Japanese EDRDG: son, counter for sons
Unihan extended: gentleman, young man; husband

Used within names (nanori)
いら　･　お　･　とう　･　もん　･　ろ　･　ろお

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.