Japanese variant of 鄉 (without the marker stroke), includes「chewing」as the middle element in place of「good enough」that is used in Chinese. Left element of「scorpion burrow」or「tied in figure-eights」as the method used for applying foot-binding cloths (and euphemistic of two breasts and a lap). Middle as「chewing, eat me, conspicuous sitting person」or is merged「tonguing mouth on short leg loose and dripping.」Right element of「village, scorpion burrow, or, vaginal orifice」(see the related glyphs).
　Refers to one's BIRTHPLACE, HOMETOWN, something like「surrounded by orifices of scorpions where I was spawned」and not forgetting that the actual BIRTHPLACE of most folks in the old days was indeed the vagina of his or her mother. Note that the center and right elements as one glyph can mean「ne'er-do-well, a newlywed husband or son, a prostitute, or a local government official.」Finally referring to the village itself, and returning to one's HOMETOWN for the「village festival」or「neighborhood festival」(annual occasions) that combines all three elements into「born from a scorpion burrow in a rural village as a low-class common serf but can surely eat well at a party.」
　One might suppose that the sages preferred the「less-rural」types, such as city folk, but no, apparently not so…the sages lampooned everyone, even the emperor's queen (see 后), and the emperor, too (see 皇). Note that the elements may very well be HOMETOWN as「in the home burrow tonguing loose and dripping with mommy」perhaps nursing on nipples, or perhaps otherwise:「In Japan, it is not uncommon for mothers to sexually stimulate their children to soothe them so they will sleep. There have been stories in the press of mother-son incest arising from the strong nature of this relationship in Japan and the important maternal role of ensuring the son succeeds at school. According to Hideo Tokuoka, 'When Americans think of incest, they think of fathers and daughters. In Japan one thinks of mothers and sons' due to the extensive media coverage of mother-son incest there.」
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest 2012-08-21　]　 long ago, incest among early humans was universal, so nobody thought of it as being the least bit strange…nor do the bonobos of today.
　Refers to a VILLAGE that is not always some remote place way out in the countryside, but also are special districts, zones, quarters within a larger city or town, often in the old days marked by surrounding walls and gateways as checkpoints, restricted entryways, a self-contained city area as a separate community having its own specialized business establishments that cater to a specific kind or class of patron, but also its own local laws, government regulations, customs, and even language at times that apply within an administrative division at the local government level, patrolled by police.

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: Japanese variant of 鄉|乡
Japanese: hometown, rural township, countryside, 50-home township, village, hamlet
Unihan extended: country; rural; village
EDRDG: home town; village; native place; district

Used within names (nanori)
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