因 the cause of, because, the means to an end, be based upon, the reason for, something that is relied upon, depend on, dependency, dependent 囚,一,ナ,乀,囗,囗,大,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

イン
I　N

Kun-yomi

よ(る　･　ちな(む
yo　ru　･　chi　na　mu

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

囚

シュウ,とら capture, caught prey, snagged, prisoner, enslave, a catch, caught quarry, quarantined, isolated

　ENCLOSED PERSON
…or: MALE PERSON, TAUT ERECTION within ORIFICE
　

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
　

ナ

× HTML entity: ナ hand (as an element); use of one's hand

　ROD with SLIDING HEAD
…or: ERECT ROD
　

乀

フツ,ブチ,ま stretched taut; leashed under control of another; the other side (of something)

囗

囗

大

ダイ,タイ,おお～,～おお relatively big condition; two-handed both hands

　ROD TAUT and ERECT
…or: HAND TAUT
…or: HAND with marker for other hand, too
…or: ROD of MALE ADULT
　

Meanings of elements

ROD within CAPTURED CAUGHT PREY, SNAGGED PRISONER ENSLAVED, A CATCH, CAUGHT QUARRY, QUARANTINED, ISOLATED
…or: HAND and TAUT, LEASHED AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANOTHER within ORIFICE, ENCLOSURE
…or: the GRAND ORIFICE
…or: MANY ORIFICE(S)
…or: SOLITARY (ONE) CONFINEMENT
…or: PERSON, TAUT ERECT ROD in ORIFICE

「Rod within captive, captured prey」and so many other combinations all depict CAUSE, CAUSATION, DEPEND ON, IS BASED UPON, A MEANS TO AN END, DEPENDENT and so on that underscore the keeping of sex slaves in a personal harem, and likely need no further explanation. Other possibilities depict the one with the rod being DEPENDENT UPON all the MANY GRAND ORIFICES that have been captured for playful use, whenever the need arises. Sex slaves are DEPENDENT upon the owner/master for sustenance, but the master also is dependent upon the slave as a MEANS TO AN END (or, backside if you prefer), particularly if only「one captured slave」is kept. And a「captive rod」suggests a sexual DEPENDENCY of various types, as well as the root CAUSE for all sorts of behavior and REASONS for misbehavior.
「Both hands captured, enclosed」equates to the English 'my hands are tied' as the CAUSE for DEPENDING upon someone else to do something, for help, or to solve a problem.
「Enclosed with a taut hand」(male), or,「hand taut in orifice」(female) are conditions nearly all humans DEPEND UPON from time to time to CAUSE a desired result in order to relieve internal stress and pressure autoerotically. Obviously, anyone who becomes「enclosed」or「captured, confined」and alone as only「one enclosed person」DEPENDS UPON, is CAUSED to use his or her「own two hands」for that matter. The REASON FOR using hands is because of one's solitary confinement and having no access to anyone else…a guard or two might be somewhat friendly, but not likely to reciprocate any favors, particularly if the reason for captivity is a pandemic viral infection. Notably, medical professionals the world over are currently recommending this very sort of sexual release during the COrona VIrus Disease of 2019, COVID-19.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: cause; reason; because
Japanese EDRDG: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
Unihan extended: cause, reason; by; because (of)

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.