Born as a pictograph of dripping animal fat, 膏 ev

Though it means 'shoulder,' 膊 almost never stands

This 'spleen' character secretly governs your temp

This 'shed' character hides a TOAD-like sound and

This 'armpit' character hides a phonetic secret: i

Originally a pictograph of a jawbone joint — now

Originally a Bronze Age image of 'flesh on a raise

This character looks like 'flesh + earth' — and i

This 'office' character began as a kneeling servan

Though it contains ‘ear,’ 联 has nothing to do w

Though it has the ‘ear’ radical, 聚 has nothing

Originally a ritual betrothal gift — now the go-t

Its 'beard' radical (而) reveals ancient Chinese w

Born from a bird's wing-flap in bronze script, 翻

This character began as a pictograph of two real f

Originally a pictograph of a person gazing up at a

This 'shy' character began as a ritual offering of

Originally a person wearing a sacred sheep headdre

Its radical is a clay pot — and its right side is

Born from ancient silk-splicing, this character tu

Born from a Bronze Age loom, this 10-stroke charac

Born as a bronze-age image of hands straining a si

Born as a pictograph of scissors slicing silk, 绝

Born as a pictograph of twisted silk threads, 细 e

This six-stroke character began as a bronze-age im

Originally a silk-bound scroll label, 纪 evolved i

This 'sugar' character hides a geopolitical secret

Born from 'rice' + 'vital green,' 精 started as th