楚 punishment cane, pain and suffering; cleared; put into the proper order, tidy, neat, trimmed; the chastetree, a species of genus Vitex 林,疋,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ソ　･　ショ
SO　･　SHO

Kun-yomi

いばら　･　しもと　･　すわえ
i　ba　ra　･　shi　mo　to　･　su　wa　e

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

林

リン,はやし tree grove, a cluster or grouping of similar trees of the same species; a member's circle of a specific group of people, a collection of similar things as a cluster of people

　TREE GROVE, WOODIES
　

疋

ヒキ,ショ,ソ,ヒツ,あし bolt (of cloth), a head, counter for horses, counter for small furry animals, rolled or wrapped cloth

　ROLLED with EROTIC FOOT
…or: ROLLED BACK with RAISED ROD on PERSON
　

Meanings of elements

TREE GROVE, CLUSTER OF THE SAME SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE and ROLLED OR WRAPPED CLOTH, BOLT, A HEAD, COUNTER FOR HORSES, COUNTER FOR SMALL FURRY ANIMALS
…or: CLUSTER OF THE SAME SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE and SKINNED BACK in EROTICA
…or: WOODY after WOODY and ROLLING in EROTICA

「Group of woodies」with「rolled back and erotic」meaning a PUNISHMENT CANE, PAIN AND SUFFERING to come.
Also the genus Vitex, and specifically the herbal plant called the CHASTEBERRY in English since it acts as an anaphrodisiac to quell libido and suppress sexual appetite:
「Clinical studies have demonstrated effectiveness of standardised and controlled medications produced from extract of the plant in the management of premenstrual stress syndrome」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasteberry 2012-01-27 ] Making horny behavior more GRACEFUL, NEAT, TIDY and TRIMMED, and in the case of service providers, her PAIN and SUFFERING more bearable:
「Vitex agnus-castus is used to alleviate symptoms of various gynecological problems. All evidence is limited to standardised controlled extracts such as used in Germany, different extracts or herbal mixes may have significantly different properties and safety issues. Some of the modern uses include premenstrual syndrome, abnormal uterine bleeding disorders, mastodynia, and increased lactation.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasteberry 2012-01-27 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old); abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
Japanese EDRDG: whip, cane
Unihan extended: name of feudal state; clear

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.