This 'agriculture' character began as a hand wield

Born as a chariot wheel on bronze inscriptions, 轮

Born as chariot braces in bronze-age war carts, 辅

Its 'body' radical isn't decorative — it forces y

This ‘honey’ character hides a bee inside — and

Its tiger-head radical warns that emptiness isn’t

Looks like grass over a spreading hand — born to

Born as a pictograph of a lid on a vessel, 盖 now

This 'sprout' character grew into the name of Chin

Though it looks like 'again' (又) stacked atop 'so

Originally meant 'scent' — neutral and even poeti

It’s not just 'arm' — it’s the meaty upper segm

This 'glue' character hides rice paste in its 米 r