TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
雄
雄 ＝ 隹 ＋ 厷
ㄒㄩㄥˊ · xióng
noun/adj — male (of birds, animals); heroic, grand
字源 FORM — what the parts do
隹義a short-tailed bird
厷聲gōng — gives the sounda forearm bent at the elbow — strength
ITgōng → xióng — initial and tone shift
The bird (隹) here is the cock — 鳥父也, the father bird. 厷 gōng, a flexed forearm, lends both a hint of strength and the sound, shifted to xióng. From the male bird: 雄性 the male, then 英雄, 雄壯 — everything strong and grand.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
公鳥（隹）挺著胸，手臂（厷）一樣的肌肉鼓起來——雄。
The cock (隹) throws out its chest, muscle bunched like a flexed arm (厷) — the male, the strong.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)雄性— male (of an animal)常用
→英雄— a hero — the strong one常用
⇒雄壯、雄偉— grand, majestic
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
雌cíthe opposite — 雌 is the hen ( + 此), 雄 the cock ( + )厷gōngthe sound half — the bent forearm, 雄's donor