This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

A person's 亻 duty 責; 責 also provides the pronunciation

  • 債 debt, loan, liability zhài
    • 亻 man, person; people rén
      • 人 man, person; people rén
    • 責 one's responsibility, duty zhài
      • 龶 undefined
      • 貝 sea shell; money, currency bèi
        • 目 eye; to look, to see; division, topic mù
        • 八 eight; all around, all sides bā

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