Origin

This character is a picture of a deer. The strokes were originally drawn to show the animal's distinctive shape — you can see the head at the top with antlers branching upward, the body in the middle, and the legs below. Over time, as the character was written more quickly and stylized, it became more abstract, but it still captures the basic silhouette of a deer standing. The character kept this form because the connection between the visual image and the animal it represents was so clear.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.