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

A pained 楚 heart 忄; 楚 also provides the pronunciation

  • 憷 painful; privation, suffering chù
    • 忄 heart; mind; soul xīn
    • 楚 clear, distinct; pain, suffering; surname chǔ
      • 木 tree; wood, lumber; wooden mù
      • 疋 roll, bolt of cloth; foot shū

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