売 sell, show off, flaunt; betray 士,冗,士,㓁,冖,儿,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

バイ
BA　I

Kun-yomi

う(る　･　う(れる
u　ru　･　u　re　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

士

シ,さむらい penis, engorged male peaking genital-man

　SCREWING with ROD
…or: ROD UP and ARRAYED
…or: ARRAY of SCREWING
　

冗

ジョウ,× useless, extraneous, superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, exceeding what is necessary or natural, netting, snare, claptrap

　SURROUND, COVERED and STRETCHED SKIN
　

士

シ,さむらい penis, engorged male peaking genital-man

　SCREWING with ROD
…or: ROD UP and ARRAYED
…or: ARRAY of SCREWING
　

㓁

× netting, snare, claptrap, useless, extraneous, superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, exceeding what is necessary or natural

　SURROUND ON ALL SIDES and COPULATING, NOT WALKING, BENT LEG
　

冖

ベキ,× a covering, the cover, surround on all sides, covered, sheath, sheet

　emphasis on ROLLED
　

儿

ジン,ニン,がい squatting copulation with bended knees, not walking, the male

　ERECTION, QUICK MOVEMENT with PENIS
…or: STRAIGHT UP ERECTION with BENT PENIS
　

Meanings of elements

PENIS and SNARED, EXCEEDING WHAT IS NECESSARY
…or: PENIS SURROUND with BENT LEG COPULATION
…or: PENIS and SURROUND with STRETCHED SKIN, SUPERFLUOUS, SUPERIOR FLUID FLOW

[Elements vary by font]「Erection, pride, put out, thrust out a penis」with lower element「snared」that was formerly either「copulating in enclosure」(四) with fleshpot (貝) or「buy, netting money」(買) from the perspective of the seller, as SELLING. Literally to「net money by snaring erections」: there is no doubt that sex sells (especially when selling sex).
「Proud of 'putting out' for others to buy」a good or a service.「Penile erection」with the simplified lower element of「surround」with「copulating」and referred to SELLING the services of the world's first and oldest profession, that of highly skilled and trained sex workers, for a「superior fluid flow」experience.
In Chinese, this glyph still means to sell, show off, to flaunt as in flaunting one's body for sale (or more commonly, a short-term rental) to attract clients. Or, means to betray, treachery (cheat on one's spouse, perhaps, or「selling out your partner」).
Center element was「enclosed copulation」or「copulation in orifice」as in to capture or captivate a person by squatting like an animal in a pen while humping another from behind as do non-human animals while copulating,「surrounded on all sides and squatting on all fours, ensnaring, snagging.」
As an element in other glyphs, morphs into「penile redundancy」as「penis action exceeding what is necessary or natural.」「Penis and superfluous」of course literally refers to an「outstanding flow of fluid」that is more than necessary under the circumstances when「surrounded by copulation.」

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: Japanese variant of 賣|卖
Japanese EDRDG: sell
Unihan extended: sell

Used within names (nanori)
うり　･　うる　･　め

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.