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

A person 㔾 at the edge of a cliff 厃; 厃 also provides the pronunciation

  • 危 dangerous, precarious; high wēi
    • ⺈ undefined
    • 厄 adversity, difficulty, distress è
      • 厂 cliff; factory, workshop; building hàn
      • 㔾 seal; kneeling person xiān
危 wēi dangerous, precarious high 桅臲詭诡跪

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