cunning, sly, crafty, miserly, mean, stingy
狡 centers on a sharp, self-serving cleverness that can be sly or crafty, and when applied to resources it becomes miserly or stingy.
狡 combines 犭 (animal) with 交, which likely contributes the sound and suggests a crafty, foxy nature. The exact historical development is uncertain.
A sly animal 犭 crossing 交 paths with you, ready to trick you out of your resources.
For コウ, imagine a cunning fox coaxing you into a trap: coax -> コウ, and the fox's sly nature matches 狡.
sly; cunning; crafty
cunning; crafty; shrewd; guileful
to shirk one's duties; to be idle; to play truant
sly
smart rabbit; cunning rabbit; nimble rabbit
very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
sly and crafty
craft; cunning
sly