祝 wizard, priest, proselytize, convert another to become a believer, wish another well, celebrate, congratulate, prayer, bringing a friend along, showing another the ropes, saying "aw, do that again" 礼,口,只,,丿,呩,儿,礻,兄,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

シュク　･　シュウ
SHU　KU　･　SHU　U

Kun-yomi

いわ(う
i　wa　u

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

礼

レイ,ライ,× rite, ritual, courtesy, to bow, politeness, good manners, proper etiquette

　DISPLAY PENIS
…or: RELIGIOUS MYSTERIES
…or: NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT with FLACCID ROD and BENT PENIS
　

口

コウ,ク,くち orifice, mouth, cavity or passage of the body; an opening, aperture, vent

　ORIFICE
　

只

シ,ただ [emphatic modifier of another word]; free; only just simply (something); now, the immediate past or present

　ORIFICE EMISSION (downward)
　

丿

ヘツ,えい,よう straight up erect, quick jerking movement, stretched taut

　ERECT, FLING
　

呩

シ,たしな,この shrine or temple prostitution, religious conversion, adopting a new set of beliefs, I believe!, congregation of believers

　ORIFICE, MOUTH, CAVITY OR PASSAGE OF THE BODY and SHOW, DISPLAY, INDICATE, ALTAR, RELIGION
　

儿

ジン,ニン,がい squatting copulation with bended knees, not walking, the male

　ERECTION, QUICK MOVEMENT with PENIS
…or: STRAIGHT UP ERECTION with BENT PENIS
　

礻

シ,× show, display, indicate; altar for meat sacrifices, religion

　NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT DRIPPING VERTICALLY
…or: NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT with FLACCID ROD
　

兄

ケイ,キョウ,あに elder brother, buddy, talking while squatting, orifice copulation

　ORIFICE with COPULATION, BENT LEG
　

Meanings of elements

RITES with ORIFICE and ERECTION
…or: DISPLAY COPULATING with ORIFICE
…or: a RELIGIOUS ELDER BROTHER

Formerly meaning a WIZARD, a「religious elder brother.」…most early shamans were female.「Display」「copulating with orifice」as in a CELEBRATION of some happy, CONGRATULATORY event by throwing a party, having a bonobo-style orgy with friends and family, business associates, nonaggressive neighbors, passersby, local shamans, wizards, and so on.
Also meaning PRAYER but in the case of these elements, likely one of begging for forgiveness and healing, as one's「religious elder brother」after learning of an illness. If speaking prayers aloud, or perhaps a depiction of what is seen by someone else looking from behind at a kneeling person bowing down at the altar with face to the ground giving obeisance to gods, that is, an「orifice with squatting legs」is all that can be seen. Note that being at the「altar with an axe」also means「prayer」but a prayer that accompanies a bloody sacrificial offering demanded by the gods for some reason, but also providing a good excuse for slaughtering some meat for the festivities, the axe for lopping off meat and subsequent joint dismemberment for easy barbequing, not unlike preparing a whole chicken. Related glyphs also mean congratulations and/ or prayer, but perhaps with a bit of old Chinese sage sarcasm added.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to wish; to express good wishes; to pray; (old) wizard
Japanese EDRDG: celebrate, congratulate
Unihan extended: pray for happiness or blessings

Used within names (nanori)
のり　･　ほぎ　･　ゆわい

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.