尤其
yóuqí · HSK 5
especially
⭐ 尤 (especially) + 其 (that one) = especially that one
尤 means outstanding or particularly, and 其 is a classical pronoun meaning that or it. Together 尤其 picks out one item as standing above the rest — especially, above all.
其 — top 八 + winnowing basket 其 (originally 箕)
Originally a pictograph of a bamboo winnowing basket, now written 箕 with the bamboo radical added on top. The original form 其 was borrowed phonetically to write the pronoun and particle meaning 'his/her/its' or 'that.' This loan use became dominant, so a new character 箕 was created for the basket meaning.