anxious
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. 思 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.
think; consider
tiger — 虍 is a component form of 虎. The pronunciation of 慮 was similar to 虍 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
Appears in
Characters that use 慮 as a component, most common first.
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