TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
狐
狐 ＝ 犬 ＋ 瓜
ㄏㄨˊ · hú
noun — fox
字源 FORM — what the parts do
犬義a dog (犭, the standing-dog side)the beast marker — a four-legged animal
Fguā → hú — the donor reading shifted
The dog-side (犭) marks a four-legged beast; 瓜 guā on the right gives the sound, worn toward hú. 狐 is the fox: 狐狸. From the fox's reputation for cunning, 狐疑 — the doubt that won't settle, the way a wary fox keeps second-guessing the ice it walks on.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一頭尖嘴細腿的獸（犭），探一步、停一步——狐。
A sharp-muzzled, thin-legged beast (犭), a step then a pause — the fox.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)狐、狐狸— fox常用
→狐疑— suspicion, wary doubt — fox-like second-guessing
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension