危

Bottom shows another person, this one crouched or kneeling — looking up at the figure on the cliff above. Some readings see the two figures together as one person at the cliff edge with another below shouting warning. The kneeling-figure radical anchors 危 in the same family as 卩, 印, 即.

Top depicts a person standing on top of a cliff — the original picture for 危. The cliff ledge (the slanting 厂-shape) plus the figure above gives an unmistakable image of precarious height. This is the source of the 'danger' meaning that runs through the whole word.