韌 resilient and elastic, soft but strong, tear-resistant; holds or returns to original shape 韋,刃,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ジン　･　ニン
JI　N　･　NI　N

Kun-yomi

しなや(か
shi　na　ya　ka

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

韋

イ,そむ soft skin, the softest skin, supple and soft leather, loins in spread-eagle pose, an orifice between the two feet

　FOOT on each side of ORIFICE
…or: ORIFICE with IMPEDING MOVEMENT on both sides
　

刃

ジン,ニン,は,やいば,き an edge, blade edge; grain not hulled

　BLADE as marked
　

Meanings of elements

SOFT SKIN, LOINS IN SPREAD-EAGLE POSE, AN ORIFICE BETWEEN THE TWO FEET and EDGE OF ERECTION HEATED REAMING

To anneal means「to subject to or undergo some physical treatment, especially heating, that removes internal stress, crystal defects, and dislocations」
[ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/annealed ]
Right element is formed from the elements「erection in tension with gasps」with a marker stroke on one side of the erection…coupled with the「soft skin of inner thighs near orifice」can lead to various conclusions. See「flaming」for「emphasis on erection.」Without undergoing an annealing process, most metals are brittle. Contrary to popular understanding, the process of ANNEALING and TEMPERING causes metals to become softer, not harder, and to bend more easily without breaking in order to then stretch the softer material, such as by pounding, and bend it back upon itself repeatedly, thus creating many plys, or layers within a sword that will not shatter when whacking another sword, spear, or shield:
「Annealing, in metallurgy and materials science, is a heat treatment that alters a material to increase its ductility and to make it more workable. It involves heating material to above its critical temperature, maintaining a suitable temperature, and then cooling. Annealing can induce ductility, soften material, relieve internal stresses, refine the structure by making it homogeneous, and improve cold working properties.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annealing_%28metallurgy%29 2013-08-20 ]
Insertion of a rod into flaming material and heating hot, then pulling out and cooling: repeating this cycle improves overall performance to a great degree, for all involved.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: annealed; pliable but strong; tough; tenacious
Japanese EDRDG: strong and pliable, resilient
Unihan extended: strong and pliable, resilient; tough, elastic

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.