疑 - I Can't Move On, That Kid Is Really SUSPICIOUS-Looking

Readings & Meanings:

うたが (う)

ぎ

to doubt; suspicion

Common Usage:

疑心暗鬼

疑う

疑い

疑惑

Examples:

妻が浮気をしているのではないかと疑心暗鬼になる。

彼はウソをついているのではないかと疑った。

店主は彼が万引きをしたのでは、と疑いの眼差しを向けた。

その政治家の収賄したという疑惑は大きくなるばかりだ。

Translations:

Once you begin to doubt her, you will start to suspect your wife might be having an affair.

She suspected him of telling lies.

The store manager turned a suspicious look on him, a look that suspected him of shoplifting.

The suspicion that that politician took bribes has all of a sudden just become a huge story.

Radicals:

疋, the main radical, is a pair of legs pointing in opposite directions.

矣's lower part is in the bottom left of 疑. 矣 is a picture of a person coming to a stop and looking behind himself.

The ヒ-looking part on the top left is a form of 子(really?).

The マ on top right is a form of 人 (really).

Okay, so what have we got? A person, whose legs are stuck in an awkward position, because he's looking back at a child.

When you are suspicious, something has captivated your thoughts, and you can't move on from it. You are stuck that way until you can resolve your suspicions.

References:

http://www.kanjinetworks.com/knetwork/KAG.html#KAG47
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/kanji/kanji/u.htm