祖 ancestor 礻,旦,且,

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礻

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

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

旦

タン,ダン,あき,あきら,ただし,あさ,あした on the verge, on the edge, feudal lord, braggart, chutzpah, gall, husband, brothel client, female role, dawn, dawning, an awakening

　SUN above HORIZON
…or: TONGUING MOUTH ARRAY
　

且

ショ,ソ,ショウ,か only for the time being; about to do, about to be, on the verge; on a temporary basis; added; furthermore, also, and, both; meat pile

　STACKED ORIFICES ARRAY
…or: AIM, INTENT, GOAL, EYE on ROD
…or: TONGUING MOUTHS in LINE, ARRAYED
…or: MEAT ARRAY
…or: ORIFICES HEAPED on ROD
…or: the MEAT PILE
…or: MERCHANDISE, THE GOODS with ROD SEGMENT, ARRAY
　

Meanings of elements

ALTAR, RELIGION, DISPLAY but ONLY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS
…or: DISPLAY of MEAT PILE

While it may be nice to believe that our ANCESTORS live 'forever' in our memories, or in heaven blissfully smiling down upon us for eternity, or are abiding as spirits in some temporary state awaiting rebirth, or have become shmooshed into the miasma of the Multiverse—something such as that—how many of us know the full name of our great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers, only three generations removed? or how about just one of them? ancestors may be worshipped in Asia, but that「display」is「only on a temporary basis.」…about three generations. Deceased relatives are「added to the altar」after death, but then over time forgotten, simply「displayed and added to the meat pile.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: ancestor; forefather; grandparents
Japanese EDRDG: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Unihan extended: ancestor, forefather; grandfather

Used within names (nanori)
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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.