Born as a ritual priest rejecting an over-offered

Its ancient form pictured a spring rising from an

Originally picturing layered cloth under a cliff,

This 'but' began as a kneeling figure pushing back

Originally a person kneeling before food, 即 evolv

This six-stroke character began as a pictograph of

This 5-stroke character began as a carved seal han

This 5-stroke character began as a ritual diagram

Born from an ancient gambling game, 博 evolved fro

This 4-stroke 'area' character began as a Bronze A

Though it means 'spoon,' 匙 is almost never used a

This 3-stroke character began as a Bronze Age draw

This 7-stroke character began as 'severe strength'

Originally a fusion of 'resonant voice' (甬) and '

This 5-stroke character merges 'precision craft' (

This ‘theater’ character hides a knife — becaus

This 'remaining' character hides a knife — litera

Born from ancient currency inspection — a knife c

Born as a harvest knife slicing grain, 利 evolved

This 7-stroke character began as a pictograph of a

Born from ancient knife-carved bamboo slips, 列 is

This 6-stroke character began as a Bronze Age pict

A four-stroke knife-in-action character whose 'sev

This 2-stroke character began as a Bronze Age blad

Originally a hand gripping a ritual cauldron, 具 e

This 2-stroke character began as a Bronze Age foot

This 'exemption' character began as a detailed dra

Born as a pictograph of a hand subduing a captive,