虎
hǔ · HSK 5
tiger
🐅 hǔ sounds like 'who' — who's roaring? the tiger
虎 is a pictograph of a tiger, originally showing the striped body, claws, and tail of the beast. The top 虍 component is the 'tiger radical' and appears in other big-cat or fierceness characters.
虎 — 虍 (tiger stripes) + 几 (legs)
虎 is a pictograph of a tiger, originally drawn with a striped body, gaping mouth, and crouching legs. Over time the top simplified into the 虍 radical (tiger markings) while the bottom became 几, representing the hind legs. It still means 'tiger' and appears in many compounds about ferocity or courage.