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

A tiger 虍 mauling a bird 隹; 亏 also provides the pronunciation

  • 虧 to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient kuī
    • 雐 a kind of bird hū
      • 虍 tiger hū
      • 隹 short-tailed bird; sparrow zhuī

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