Old glyph elements (敎) were apparently「crossing motions, whacking」with「child」and「coerce.」Modern elements seem to be「burning sticks」or「homosexual」or「old man」with「child」(perhaps not「maggot」in this case) who are「whacking」as one INSTRUCTS, INDOCTRINATES, URGES, INCITES,…and TEACHES something to an initiate.
　Formerly meaning to INCITE an action, URGE someone to do something. Another possibility of「old man with child」(that is supposed to mean「respect for one's parents and elders」) with「whacking, coerce」suggests an attempt to beat a child into submission or until some sort of lesson is learned, such as something akin to: 'be respectful, or else your ass gets tarred behind the woodshed…'
　Today, most major religious DOGMA often INSTRUCTS against being homosexual (albeit hypocritically in many cases). Some well-known RELIGIONS are often not entirely tolerant of homosexual practices, or packing fudge as they say (but, what about ewe?), as「whacking fagot (faggot) maggots.」The only way to force religion into the head of some people is by methods popularized by the papacy during the period of the religious Inquisition, the old-time religion of penance, flagellation, and whacking, yet another era of human history that some folks wish could be glossed over and forgotten. DebunKanji does not state a moral opinion regarding the use of these terms to describe homosexuality of either sex, but is simply explaining how and why the use of the terms originated, and the glyphs behind that usage.
　Nevertheless, the true process of teaching and learning entails neither maggot nor fagot (faggot) nor child whacking…「old man who nearly beats the life out of a child forcing filial piety into the little maggot」will eventually prove ineffective. Devotion to either parents or to gods won't last long if you've got to whack the lessons into brains, but some believe it is worth trying anyway.
　「Child head-sliding a plum」(with a plum as 梅「woody prostrate with mother」) refers to a mother teaching necessary skills to a child:
　「In traditional Chinese medicine, there has never been a mental disease called pedophilia (or an equivalent term), or homosexuality, or most of the other so-called sexual variations for that matter. …Children are usually described as natural sexual beings and erotic stimulation and sex-play are seen as beneficial to their healthy development.」
　　[　https://docx2.com/wp-content/uploads/Are-Any-of-the-Pharaphilias-in-DSM-Mental-Disorders_.pdf 2023-05-14　]　
　「Viewing women as commodities [see 品] was also made customary from Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) forward, both in the suddenly expanded labor market and within relationships. Men could sell their female kin to slavery or prostitution, and frequently did.」
　　[　https://www.zum.de/whkmla/sp/0910/hersheys/hersheys5.html 2011-04-05　]　

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: religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell; to teach
Japanese: teaching, instruction, teachings, precept, lesson, doctrine, to teach, to inform, to instruct, to be taught
Unihan extended: teach, class
EDRDG: teach; faith; doctrine

Used within names (nanori)
のり　･　ひさ