Almost always seen as 后羿 (Hou Yi), the archer-hero who shot down nine scorching suns and whose wife 嫦娥 fled to the moon. A separate Xia-dynasty ruler of the You-qiong clan also bore this name; both belong to early legend, not the standalone vocabulary a learner uses in speech.
The feather radical on top - fitting for an archer, since 羽 is also the fletching on an arrow. It pictures a pair of wings and files the character among feather-and-flight graphs.
The 'two hands' element at the bottom, 廾, shows hands raised in support - here suggesting hands drawing or steadying a feathered bow, reinforcing the archery image.
