仰ぐ
あおぐ · aogu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan
to respect
仰 = person (亻) + 卬 (raise the head): look up, and look up to others
The 亻 radical marks a person, and 卬 suggests raising the head. Looking up at the sky and looking up to a respected person share that upward gaze, and asking for help is looking up to someone's aid.
仰 — person radical 亻 + 卬 (phonetic)
仰 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The 亻 (person) radical gives the meaning, while 卬 supplies the sound; 卬 itself originally depicted one person standing and another kneeling looking up, so it also reinforces the sense. The character means to look up, and by extension to admire or rely on.