雄踞 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xióngjù

perched high

xióng male of species

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 厷 represents the sound.

厷 Sound component

gōng, hóng forearm

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjuwng	[ɢ]ʷəŋ	male

《說文》：“雄，鳥父也。从隹，厷聲。”

To sit 居 on one's feet 足; 居 also provides the pronunciation

足 Meaning component

zú foot

jū live

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kas

蹲也。从足居聲。