貮 two 一,弋,二,丶,㇂,乚,貝,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ニ　･　ジ
NI　･　JI

Kun-yomi

ふた(つ　･　そえ
fu　ta　tsu　･　so　e

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

弋

⺕ク,いぐるみ wooden stake, tapered wood, driving into soil or flesh; shooting, discharge of a dart, use of an arrow or dirk, to shoot one's arrow; wild dog, undomesticated, modern Homo sapiens male; a device for snaring flying birds by attaching a long stringy net to an arrow and discharging

　marker with REPEATEDLY BOBBING TAIL, PENIS
　

二

ニ,ジ,ふた,ふたたび two; a change of physical state

　ONE (twice)
　

丶

チュ,× emphasized part of a glyph

　[emphasis is HERE in a glyph]
　

㇂

乚

イン,オン,かく,かか,よ appendage capable of spewing venom; concealed threat

　APPENDAGE CAPABLE OF SPEWING VENOM
　

貝

バイ,かい wealth, money, valuable outer shell, fleshpot, valuable external appearance

　AIM, EYE ON GOAL of EMISSIONS
…or: EYEING EXPERIENCE with EMISSIONS
…or: CENTER OF FLESHPOT with EMISSIONS
　

Meanings of elements

TWO with emphasis on CURLED PENIS with FLESHPOT, GOAL of EMISSIONS
…or: ARRAYED WILD DOG STAKES SPEARING SHOOTING DISCHARGE OF ARROW OR DIRK INTO a FLESHPOT, GOAL of EMISSIONS

Elements appear to be「two with emphasis on penis and goal of emissions」that could very well describe TWO male buddies. Dynastic Chinese fleshpot sexual service providers could simultaneously accommodate more than two penises easily, but not if only her no-longer-integrated feet were employed as was standard practice:「two with emphasis on penis with fleshpot.」
「One rod of wild dog (or, foot soldier) with fleshpot」comprise one set, but in fact, TWO human beings, or, TWO canids naturally, or, TWO animals of different species enjoying one another. Other interpretations are surely possible as the SECOND TIME with the stake in soil, i.e., TWICE, but with all these member suggestions, the 弋 element arguably is not included.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Japanese EDRDG: number two
Unihan extended: number two

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.