TSUMUGU · A1 (est.) · 字
虎
ㄏㄨˇ · hǔ
noun — tiger
字源 FORM — what the parts do
虎形a tiger, drawn whole — striped head 虍 above, legs 儿 belowthe 儿 at the foot is the tiger's hind legs, not a person
A tiger drawn whole: the striped head and body up top (虍), the hind legs (儿) striding below. The picture sits intact in the modern graph. From the beast, king of the mountain animals, come 老虎 and the fierce 虎視眈眈, watching like a tiger. The striped 虍 caps a whole family: 虛、虐、處、號.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
帶紋的頭（虍）昂著，後腿（儿）一蹬——一隻老虎站在那裡。
The striped head (虍) raised, the hind legs (儿) braced — a tiger stands there whole.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)老虎— tiger常用
→虎視眈眈— to watch fiercely, tiger-eyed
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension