This 6-stroke character started as a pictograph of

Born as a hand gripping a pole 3,000 years ago, 支

Its right side 尧 once depicted a wildly gesturing

This 'rub' character hides a scholar’s secret: it

This 'sow/broadcast' character hides a radio tower

Born from ancient sun-and-water glyphs, 扬 isn’t

This ‘push’ character began as a hand pressing a

Originally a ritual gesture of installing jade aut

Born from scribes aligning bamboo strips, 排 still

This ‘fall’ character hides a hand violently yan

This character looks like 'hand + receive' — yet

Though it means 'straight', its radical 扌 reveals

This ‘press’ character hides a kneeling woman un

Originally a bone-carved hand pointing with three

Originally a hand clutching a ritual staff, 持 evo

This 'hand + ten' character doesn’t mean 'pick up

This 'bow' character hides a kneeling oracle bone

Born as a hand waving a battle standard, 招 evolve

Originally a guard thrusting a measuring rod to bl

This 8-stroke 'pull' character hides a Bronze Age

This 8-stroke character began as a hand reaching t

This 'hold' character began as a hand wrapping aro

This 'lift' character hides a Bronze Age altar ins

Originally a hand snapping a twig — now it still

This 'skill' character hides a bronze-age artisan'

This 'approval' character began as a hand wielding

This 'disguise' character hides a knife-in-the-mid

This five-stroke character looks like a hand flick