鸡蛋

Why does 鸡蛋 look like this?

'鸡' (jī - chicken) consists of '又' (right hand/again) acting as a phonetic/simplified component and '鸟' (niǎo - bird). '蛋' (dàn - egg) features '疋' (foot/roll) on top and '虫' (chóng - bug/creature) at the bottom, originally referring to the eggs of small creatures. Together, they literally mean 'Chicken Egg'!